A family of ammonium transporters in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4282-4293

  Marini, Anne Marie ^a   Soussi Boudekou, Saïd ^a   Vissers, Stephan ^a   Andre, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CELL GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST CELL;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030791422     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4282     Document Type: Article

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