Spermidine biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisae: Polyamine requirement of a null mutant of the SPE3 gene (spermidine synthase)

Gene

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-43

  Hamasaki Katagiri, Nobuko ^a   Tabor, Celia White ^a   Tabor, Herbert ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Decarboxylated S adenosylmethionine; S adenosylmethionine binding motif; Spermine; Yeast

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SPERMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEOXYADENOSINES; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; THIONUCLEOSIDES;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031039128     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00660-9     Document Type: Article

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