Constitutive expression in gal7 mutants of Kluyveromyces lactis is due to internal production of galactose as an inducer of the Gal/Lac regulon

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1722-1730

  Cardinali, Gianluigi ^a,b   Vollenbroich, Verena ^a   Jeon, Myung Shin ^a   De Graaf, A A ^a,c   Hollenberg, Cornelis P ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; KLUYVEROMYCES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS;

EID: 0031037914     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.3.1722     Document Type: Article

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