Isolation and characterization of the HO gene from the yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-57

  Kodama, Takuya ^a   Hisatomi, Taisuke ^a   Uchida, Kotaro ^a   Yamaki, Toshinori ^a   Tsuboi, Michio ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HO gene; Mating type switching; Phylogenetic tree; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Saccharomyces paradoxus; Saccharomyces sensu stricto yeasts

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HAPLOIDY; HOMOTHALLISM GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES BAYANUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES PARADOXUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE CONVERSION; GENES; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES BAYANUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES PARADOXUS;

EID: 1642372183     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1356(03)00152-1     Document Type: Article

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