Effect of gene amplification on threonine production by yeast

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 667-674

  Farfán, María José ^a   Martín Rendón, Encarna ^a,b   Calderón, Isabel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amino acid production; gene amplification; threonine biosynthesis; yeast

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; YEAST;

ALLELES; ASPARTATE KINASES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOMOSERINE KINASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACIDS;

ASPARTATE KINASE; HOMOSERINE KINASE; THREONINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 13344275166     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960320)49:6<667::AID-BIT8>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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