Isolation and characterization of the aureobasidin A-resistant gene, aur1(R), on Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Roles of Aur1p+ in cell morphogenesis

Current Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-45

  Hashida Okado, Takashi ^a   Yasumoto, Rie ^a   Endo, Masahiro ^a   Takesako, Kazutoh ^a   Kato, Ikunoshin ^a  

^a TAKARA SHUZO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

aur1; Drug resistance; Morphological defect; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM; CELL STRUCTURE; GENE ISOLATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL SIZE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEPSIPEPTIDES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

AUREOBASIDIUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031883556     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050306     Document Type: Article

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