Phenotypic comparison of samdc and spe mutants reveals complex relationships of polyamine metabolism in Ustilago maydis

Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 674-684

  Valdés Santiago, Laura ^a   Cervantes Chávez, José Antonio ^b   Winkler, Robert ^a   León Ramírez, Claudia G ^a   Ruiz Herrera, José ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; FUNGAL GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMDC GENE; SPE GENE; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 84857720168     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.055954-0     Document Type: Article

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