Molecular analysis of the LYS2 gene of Candida albicans: Homology to peptide antibiotic synthetases and the regulation of the α aminoadipate reductase

Current Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 268-275

  Suvarna, Kalavati ^a,b   Seah, Linden ^a   Bhattacherjee, Vasker ^a   Bhattacharjee, Jnanendra K ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aminoadipate reductase; Candida albicans; Lysine gene; Peptide antibiotic synthetase; Regulation

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOADIPIC ACID; ALDEHYDE; LYSINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SYNTHETASE;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TATA BOX;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEEDBACK; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; L-AMINOADIPATE-SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031944363     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050336     Document Type: Article

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