Transformation of Endomyces fibuliger based on its gene for orotidine- 5'-phosphate decarboxylase

Gene

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 97-103

  Ngan, W Y ^a   Nga, B H ^a   Pridmore, D ^b   Mollet, B ^b   Tan, H M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complementation; Integrative transformation; Rice wine; URA3; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEINASE; AMYLASE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; ENDOMYCES FIBULIGER; ENDOMYCETES; ENZYME RELEASE; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OROTIDINE-5'-PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCOPSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034702840     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00286-9     Document Type: Article

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