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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the presence or absence of NADP-specific glutamate dehydrogenase does not affect inhibition of sporulation by ammonia, suggesting that the inhibition is not mediated by this enzyme.
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Newlon, M.C. NADP-Specific glutamate dehydrogenase is not involved in repression of yeast sporulation by ammonia. Molec. Gen. Genet. 176, 297–300 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273225
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