A calcium-dependent ergosterol mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-99

  Crowley, James H ^a,b   Tove, Shirley ^a   Parks, Leo W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nutrasweet Kelco Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Azole; Calcium; ERG24 gene; Ergosterol; Fenpropimorph

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ERGOSTEROL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PYRROLE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEROL SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CALCIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; ERGOSTEROL; GENES, FUNGAL; MORPHOLINES; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031692484     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050371     Document Type: Article

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