Biosynthesis of phytochelatins in the fission yeast. Phytochelatin synthesis: A second role for the glutathione synthetase gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Yeast

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 385-396

  Al Lahham, Adnan ^a   Rohde, Volker ^a   Heim, Petra ^a   Leuchter, Ralf ^a   Veeck, Jürgen ^a   Wunderlich, Christian ^a   Wolf, Klaus ^a   Zimmermann, Martin ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glutathione synthetase; GSH2 gene; Heavy metal resistance; Phytochelatins; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL DNA; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; GLYCINE; PEPTIDE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; CADMIUM; DNA, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; METALLOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0033616855     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(19990330)15:5<385::AID-YEA382>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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