The URH1 uridine ribohydrolase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Current Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 132-141

  Kurtz, Jean Emmanuel ^a,b   Exinger, Françoise ^a   Erbs, Philippe ^c   Jund, Richard ^a  

^a IRCAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^c TRANSGENE S A   (France)

Author keywords

Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Salvage pathway; URH1; Uridine hydrolase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYTIDINE; DEOXYCYTIDINE; FLUCYTOSINE; FLUOROURIDINE; FUNGAL ENZYME; HISTIDINE; INOSINE; NUCLEOSIDASE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL; URIDINE; URIDINE NUCLEOSIDASE;

CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON, INITIATOR; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PYRIMIDINES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0036951940     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-002-0296-9     Document Type: Review

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