Isolation and characterisation of the acetyl-CoA carboxylase gene from Aspergillus nidulans

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 379-385

  Morrice, Jane ^a   MacKenzie, Donald A ^a   Parr, Adrian J ^a   Archer, David B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetyl CoA carboxylase; Aspergillus nidulans; Fatty acid synthesis; Malonyl CoA

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; BIOTIN; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; START CODON;

ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0032429596     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050410     Document Type: Article

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