Cloning and characterization of the phenylalanyl-tRNAsynthetase β subunit gene from Candida albicans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 179-185

  Marcilla, Antonio ^a   Pallotti, Claudia ^a   Gomez Lobo, Maria ^a   Caballero, Pedro ^a   Valentin, Eulogio ^a   Sentandreu, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Phenylalanyl tRNA synthetase; Regenerating protoplast

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL DNA; PHENYLALANINE TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; REGENERATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENYLALANINE-TRNA LIGASE;

EID: 0032054299     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00072-X     Document Type: Article

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