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Pleiotropic phenotypes caused by an opal nonsense mutation in an essential gene encoding HMG-CoA reductase in fission yeast.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms - 1 Jun 2009
Fang Yue, Imagawa Kiwamu, Zhou Xin, Kita Ayako, Sugiura Reiko, Jaiseng Wurentuya, Kuno Takayoshi
Abstract excerpt
Schizosaccharomyces pombe genome contains an essential gene hmg1(+) encoding the sterol biosynthetic enzyme, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR). Here, we isolated an allele of the hmg1(+) gene, hmg1-1/its12, as a mutant that showed sensitivities to high temperature and to FK50...
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