APT1, but not APT2, codes for a functional adenine phosphoribosyltransferase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 347-352

  Alfonzo, Juan D ^a,c   Crother, Timothy R ^a   Guetsova, Maria L ^b   Daignan Fornier, Bertrand ^b   Taylor, Milton W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032902320     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.1.347-352.1999     Document Type: Article

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