Dimerization mutants of alcohol dehydrogenase of maize.
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Two ethyl methanesulfonate-induced mutants of the alcohol-dehydrogenase gene in maize have been analyzed. The enzyme subunits produced by the mutants seem to be structurally altered in such a way that the subunit specified by the null allele Adh(1) (0(5657)) does not dimerize with "wild-type" subunits, and that specified by Adh(1) (S(296)) does so only to a limited extent.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
دوره 68 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1971