A mutation in a purported regulatory gene affects control of sterol uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 4177-4183

  Crowley, James H ^a,b   Leak Jr , Frank W ^a   Shianna, Kevin V ^a   Tove, Shirley ^a   Parks, Leo W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nutrasweet Kelco Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; ERGOSTEROL; GLYCINE; STEROL;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA BINDING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEROL METABOLISM; STEROL SYNTHESIS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031856845     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.16.4177-4183.1998     Document Type: Article

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