Cloning of the Rhizomucor miehe 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase gene and its heterologous expression in Mucor circinelloides

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-64

  Lukács, Gyöngyi ^a   Papp, Tamás ^a   Somogyvári, Ferenc ^b   Csernetics, Árpád ^a   Nyilasi, Ildikó ^a   Vágvögyi, Csaba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; HMG coenzyme A reductase; Statin; Sterol

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CAROTENOID; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SIMVASTATIN; STEROL; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE (NADPH);

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOMUCOR MIEHEI; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

FUNGI; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOMUCOR MIEHEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA-REDUCTASES, NADP-DEPENDENT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCOR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHIZOMUCOR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 57149102877     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-008-9287-2     Document Type: Article

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