Glycine metabolism in Candida albicans: Characterization of the serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHM1, SHM2) and threonine aldolase (GLY1) genes

Yeast

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-175

  McNeil, J Bryan ^a,c   Flynn, Jennifer ^a   Tsao, Nora ^a   Monschau, Nicole ^b   Stahmann, K Peter ^b   Haynes, Robert H ^a   McIntosh, Evan M ^a   Pearlman, Ronald E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Glycine; Serine hydroxymethyltransferase; Threonine aldolase

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; THREONINE;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSOL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS JANDIAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMO SAPIENS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034731826     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(20000130)16:2<167::AID-YEA519>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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