Novel chimeric spermidine synthase-saccharopine dehydrogenase gene (SPE3-LYS9) in the human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 752-763

  Kingsbury, Joanne M ^a   Yang, Zhonghui ^a   Ganous, Tonya M ^a   Cox, Gary M ^a   McCusker, John H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSINE; MELANIN; SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; LYSINE; MELANINS; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASES; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 2942635960     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.3.752-763.2004     Document Type: Article

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