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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

, Volume 60, Issue 2, pp 95–99 | Cite as

Cloning of theHIS3 gene ofYarrowia lipolytica

  • C. Prodromou
  • I. P. Wright
  • I. H. Evans
  • E. A. Bevan
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Abstract

TheHIS3 gene of the yeastYarrowia lipolytica has been cloned from a genomic library by complementation of thehis3 mutation ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae. The gene was subsequently subcloned inEscherichia coli and characterized by restriction enzyme mapping.

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HIS3 Yarrowia lipolytica yeast 
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© Kluwer Academic Publishers 1991

Authors and Affiliations

  • C. Prodromou
    • 1
  • I. P. Wright
    • 1
  • I. H. Evans
    • 1
  • E. A. Bevan
    • 1
  1. 1.School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield CollegeUniversity of LondonLondonUK

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