Identification by functional analysis of the gene encoding α-isopropylmalate synthase II (LEU9) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yeast

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 539-545

  Casalone, Enrico ^a,b   Barberio, Claudia ^a   Cavalieri, Duccio ^a   Polsinelli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

isopropylmalate synthase; Gene disruption; LEU4; Leucine metabolism; YOR108w

Indexed keywords

2 ISOPROPYLMALATE SYNTHASE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; GLUCOSE; LEUCINE; TRIFLUOROLEUCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

2-ISOPROPYLMALATE SYNTHASE; CELL DIVISION; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; ISOENZYMES; LEUCINE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034039865     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(200004)16:6<539::AID-YEA547>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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