Functional complementation of an arginine auxotrophic yeast mutant by an argininosuccinate synthetase from Porphyra yezoensis (Rhodophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1066-1071

  Endo, Hirotoshi ^a   Ootsuka, Shuuji ^a   Fukuda, Satoru ^a,b   Kitade, Yukihiro ^a   Saga, Naotsune ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyowa Concrete Industry Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argininosuccinate synthetase; Auxotrophic mutant; Functional complementation; Porphyra yezoensis; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

CLONE; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED ALGA; YEAST;

PORPHYRA; PORPHYRA YEZOENSIS; RHODOPHYTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33748925731     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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