Expression of heteropolymeric ferritin improves iron storage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1999-2005

  Kim, Hye Jin ^a   Kim, Hyang Mi ^a   Kim, Ji Hye ^a   Ryu, Kyeong Seon ^a   Park, Seung Moon ^a   Jahng, Kwang Yeup ^a   Yang, Moon Sik ^a   Kim, Dae Hyuk ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; IRON; POLYMERS; STRAIN;

HUMAN FERRITIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

IRON;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IRON STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

6-PHYTASE; APOFERRITINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FERRITINS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037391352     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.4.1999-2005.2003     Document Type: Article

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