The Aspergillus nidulans gltA gene encoding glutamate synthase is required for ammonium assimilation in the absence of NADP-glutamate dehydrogenase

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 467-471

  Macheda, Maria L ^a   Hynes, Michael J ^a   Davis, Meryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonium assimilation; Aspergillus nidulans; Gene inactivation; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamate synthase

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP+); GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0032906689     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050421     Document Type: Article

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