Genetic redundancy and gene fusion in the genome of the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Functional characterization of a three-member gene family involved in the thiamine biosynthetic pathway

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1140-1152

  Llorente, Bertrand ^a   Fairhead, Cécile ^a   Dujon, Bernard ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLPYRIMIDINE PHOSPHATE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THIAMINE;

EID: 0033052010     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01412.x     Document Type: Article

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