Cloning, characterization and heterologous expression of the Blakeslea trispora gene encoding orotidine-5′-monophosphate decarboxylase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-236

  Quiles Rosillo, María Dolores ^a   Ruiz Vázquez, Rosa María ^a   Torres Martínez, Santiago ^a   Garre, Victoriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blakeslea trispora; Complementation; Heterologous expression; pyrG gene; Pyrimidine biosynthesis; Zygomycetes

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL ENZYME; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLAKESLEA TRISPORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUCORALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

BLAKESLEA TRISPORA; FUNGI; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 0038059141     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00308-2     Document Type: Article

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