Cloning and disruption of the ornithine decarboxylase gene of Ustilago maydis: Evidence for a role of polyamines in its dimorphic transition

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2237-2245

  Guevara Olvera, Lorenzo ^a,c   Xoconostle Cázares, Beatriz ^a   Ruiz Herrera, José ^a,b  

^a Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad   (Mexico)

^b Ctro Invest Estud Avanzados JPN   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ornithine decarboxylase gene; Ornithine decarboxylase mutants; Polyamine synthesis; Ustilago maydis dimorphism

Indexed keywords

HYGROMYCIN; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 1842326879     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-7-2237     Document Type: Article

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