Enhanced Iron Uptake of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Heterologous Expression of a Tadpole Ferritin Gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1280-1283

  Shin, Young M I ^a   Kwon, Tae H O ^a   Kim, Kyung Suk ^a   Chae, Keon Sang ^a   Kim, Dae Hyuk ^a   Kim, Jae H O ^b   Yang, Moon Sik ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; FERRITINS; IRON; LARVA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035289758     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.3.1280-1283.2001     Document Type: Article

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