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Cloning and sequencing of the ura3 and ura5 genes, and isolation and characterization of uracil auxotrophs of the fungus Mortierella alpina 1S-4.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry - 1 Feb 2004
Takeno Seiki, Sakuradani Eiji, Murata Shoichi, Inohara-Ochiai Misa, Kawashima Hiroshi, Ashikari Toshihiko, Shimizu Sakayu
Abstract excerpt
The oil-producing fungus Mortierella alpina 1S-4 is an industrial strain. In order to prepare host strains for a transformation system for this fungus, six uracil auxotrophs were obtained by means of random mutation with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG). When the activities of orotate phosphoribosyl transferase (OPRTase, EC 2.4.2.10) and orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase (OMPdecase, EC 4.1.1.23)...
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