The RAG3 gene of Kluyveromyces lactis is involved in the transcriptional regulation of genes coding for enzymes implicated in pyruvate utilization and genes of the biosynthesis of thiamine pyrophosphate

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-30

  Tizzani, Lorenza ^a   Meacock, Peter ^b   Frontali, Laura ^c   Wésolowski Louvel, Micheline ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kluyveromyces; Pyruvate utilization; Thiamine pyrophosphate; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLYTIC ENZYME; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; THIAMINE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; KLUYVEROMYCES; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; KLUYVEROMYCES; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; PYRUVIC ACID; RNA, BACTERIAL; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032211885     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00412-1     Document Type: Article

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