Isolation and characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae XPT1 gene encoding xanthine phosphoribosyl transferase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2984-2986

  Guetsova, M L ^a   Crother, T R ^b   Taylor, M W ^b   Daignan Fornier, B ^a  

^a Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; XANTHINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032925289     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2984-2986.1999     Document Type: Article

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