Identification of a gene encoding the pyruvate decarboxylase gene regulator CaPdc2p from Candida albicans

Yeast

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 585-591

  Kaiser, Burkhard ^a   Munder, Thomas ^a   Saluz, Hans Peter ^a   Künkel, Waldemar ^a   Eck, Raimund ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Pyruvate decarboxylase; Regulatory gene

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; GLUCOSE; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; KLUYVEROMYCES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032897230     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199905)15:7<585::AID-YEA401>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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