Sinefungin resistance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae arising from sam3 mutations that inactivate the AdoMet transporter or from increased expression of AdoMet synthase plus mRNA cap guanine-N7 methyltransferase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6895-6903

  Zheng, Sushuang ^a   Shuman, Stewart ^a   Schwer, Beate ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GUANINE N7 METHYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE 3; METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE TRANSPORTER; SINEFUNGIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA CAPPING; RNA METHYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WILD TYPE;

ADENOSINE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 36749061282     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm817     Document Type: Article

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