Systematic characterization of mutations in yeast acetohydroxyacid synthase: Interpretation of herbicide-resistance data

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2895-2904

  Duggleby, Ronald G ^a   Pang, Siew Siew ^a   Yu, Hongqi ^a,b   Guddat, Luke W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetohydroxyacid synthase; Herbicide inhibition; Herbicide resistance mutations; Imidazolinone; Sulfonylurea

Indexed keywords

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLINONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; AMINO ACIDS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HERBICIDES; IMIDAZOLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS; YEASTS;

EID: 0037707718     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03671.x     Document Type: Article

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