Cloning of the GSH1 and GSH2 genes complementing the defective biosynthesis of glutathione in the methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha

Mikrobiologiya

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 829-835

  Ubiivovk, V M ^a   Nazarko, T Yu ^a   Stasyk, E G ^a   Sibirnyi, A A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Gene cloning; Glutathione biosynthesis; Methylotrophic yeasts

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; PICHIA ANGUSTA;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL OXIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; METHANOL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PICHIA; POINT MUTATION;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; METHANOL; PICHIA; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0036879447     PISSN: 00263656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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