Interallelic complementation provides genetic evidence for the multimeric organization of the Phycomyces blakesleeanus phytoene dehydrogenase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 902-908

  Sanz, Catalina ^a   Alvarez, María I ^a   Orejas, Margarita ^a,b   Velayos, Antonio ^a   Eslava, Arturo P ^a   Benito, Ernesto P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Interallelic complementation; Phycomyces blakesleeanus; Phytoene dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; FUNGAL ENZYME; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; NEUROSPORENE; PHYTOENE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; PHYTOFLUENE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARB GENE; CARB10 GENE; CARB401 GENE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROKARYON; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYCOMYCES BLAKESLEANUS; PHYCOMYCETES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; FUNGI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

FUNGI; PHYCOMYCES BLAKESLEEANUS; PHYCOMYCETES;

EID: 0036186886     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02724.x     Document Type: Article

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