The Candida albicans gene for mRNA 5'-cap methyltransferase: Identification of additional residues essential for catalysis

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3023-3033

  Yamada Okabe, Toshiko ^a   Mio, Toshiyuki ^b   Kashima, Yuji ^a   Matsui, Mitsuaki ^a   Arisawa, Mikio ^b   Yamada Okabe, Hisafumi ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; cDNA; Human; mRNA 5' capping; mRNA cap methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; FUNGAL RNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032741669     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-11-3023     Document Type: Article

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