Isolation and characterization of pyrimidine auxotrophs, and molecular cloning of the pyrE gene from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 378-381

  Watrin, L ^a   Lucas, S ^a   Purcarea, C ^b   Legrain, C ^c   Prieur, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaea; Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase; pyrE gene; Pyrococcus abyssi; Uracil auxotrophs

Indexed keywords

FLUOROOROTIC ACID; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRIMIDINE;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PYRIMIDINES; PYROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032821021     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051096     Document Type: Article

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