Contribution of Are1p and Are2p to steryl ester synthesis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1075-1082

  Zweytick, Dagmar ^a   Leitner, Erich ^a   Kohlwein, Sepp D ^a   Yu, Chunjiang ^b   Rothblatt, Jonathan ^c,d   Daum, Günther ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d Hoechst Marion Roussel   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoplasmic reticulum; Ergosterol; Steryl ester synthase

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; STEROL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEROL SYNTHESIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; CELL DIVISION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ERGOSTEROL; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; ISOENZYMES; LANOSTEROL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NAPHTHALENES; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033974053     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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