A novel fungal prenyl diphosphate synthase in the dimorphic zygomycete Mucor circinelloides

Current Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 371-377

  Velayos, Antonio ^a,b   Fuentes Vicente, Mónica ^a   Aguilar Elena, Raúl ^a   Eslava, Arturo A ^a   Iturriaga, Enrique A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotenogenesis; FarnesylPP synthase; Isoprenoid biosynthesis; Mucor circinelloides; SolanesylPP synthase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FUNGAL ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPRENOID; PRENYLDIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SOLANESYLDIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL GENE; ZYGOMYCETES;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIPHOSPHATES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUCOR; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES;

EID: 3042816466     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-004-0498-4     Document Type: Article

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