Interallelic complementation at the pyrF locus and the homodimeric nature of orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (OPRTase) in Mucor circinelloides

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 260, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 251-260

  Velayos, A ^a   Alvarez, M I ^a   Eslava, A P ^a   Iturriaga, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Interallelic complementation; Molecular structure; Mucor; OPRTase; Pyrimidine biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIMER; FLUOROACETIC ACID; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRIMIDINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MUTANT; CLONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCOR; MUTATION; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIC ACID; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PYRIMIDINES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031735244     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050893     Document Type: Article

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