Large-scale screening of yeast mutants for sensitivity to the IMP dehydrogenase inhibitor 6-azauracil

Yeast

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-248

  Riles, Linda ^a   Shaw, Randal J ^b   Johnston, Mark ^a   Reines, Daniel ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azauracil; Mycophenolic acid; Transcription elongation; Yeast deletants

Indexed keywords

AZAURACIL; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE INHIBITOR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DELETION MUTANT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YEAST;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IMP DEHYDROGENASE; MUTATION; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; RNA, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; URACIL;

EID: 1342269199     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1068     Document Type: Article

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