Isolation and sequence of the gene encoding ornithine decarboxylase, SPE1, from candida albicans by complementation of a spe1Δ strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yeast

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1383-1389

  McNemar, Mark D ^a   Gorman, Jessica A ^b   Buckley, Helen R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Ornithine decarboxylase; SPE1 gene

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030856866     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199711)13:14<1383::AID-YEA189>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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