Alternative splicing of transcripts from crtI and crtYB genes of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4676-4682

  Lodato, P ^a   Alcaino, J ^a   Barahona, S ^a   Retamales, P ^a   Cifuentes, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; GENES; RNA;

CAROTENOIDS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL RNA; CAROTENOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CRTI GENE; CRTYB GENE; FUNGAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOP CODON; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

EID: 0042530266     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4676-4682.2003     Document Type: Article

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