Influence of mutations in hexose-transporter genes on glucose repression in Kluyveromyces lactis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 248-257

  Weirich, Jörg ^a   Goffrini, Paola ^b   Kuger, Petra ^a   Ferrero, Iliana ^b   Breunig, Karin D ^a,c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catabolite repression; Glucose transport; HXT gene; KHT2; Yeast

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; KLUYVEROMYCES; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS;

EID: 0030797933     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00248.x     Document Type: Article

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