Molecular cloning of a novel allele of SMR1 which determines sulfometuron methyl resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 165-168

  Xie, Qi ^a   Jiménez, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

acetolactate synthase; dominant selective marker; industrial yeast; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; sulfometuron resistance gene; transition mutation

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; SULFOMETURON METHYL;

ALLELE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0342903132     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00045-6     Document Type: Article

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