Anticodon nuclease encoding virus-like elements in yeast

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 345-356

  Satwika, Dhira ^a,b   Klassen, Roland ^a,c   Meinhardt, Friedhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Duta Wacana Christian University   (Indonesia)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Killer yeast; Linear plasmids; PaT; Zymocin

Indexed keywords

ANTICODONS; CELL KILLING; CELLULAR PROCESS; CHITIN BINDING; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DNA DAMAGES; DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS; HYDROPHOBIC DOMAINS; LINEAR PLASMIDS; PAT; TARGET CELLS; ZYMOCIN;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); TOXIC MATERIALS; VIRUSES;

YEAST;

CHITIN; TRANSFER RNA; URIDINE; YEAST KILLER FACTOR;

CHEMICAL BINDING; CHITIN; CYTOLOGY; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNITY; NUCLEIC ACID; PLASMID; RELATEDNESS; TOXIN; VIRUS; YEAST;

ANTICODON; CELL KILLING; DNA DAMAGE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TARGET CELL; VIRUS LIKE AGENT; VIRUS LIKE ELEMENT; YEAST;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; MYCOTOXINS; RIBONUCLEASES; YEASTS;

EID: 84866515337     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4349-9     Document Type: Review

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