Significance of the KlLAC1 gene in glucosylceramide production by Kluyveromyces lactis

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 839-845

  Takakuwa, Naoya ^a   Ohnishi, Masao ^b   Oda, Yuji ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramide synthase; Kluyveromyces lactis; LAC1; LAG1; Sphingolipid synthesis

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CERAMIDE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; PROTEIN KILAC 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; KLUYVEROMYCES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHESIS; YEAST;

CERAMIDES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDES; KLUYVEROMYCES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPHINGOIDEA;

EID: 49749130477     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2008.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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