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Characterization of a new choline locus in Aspergillus nidulans and its significance for choline metabolism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Paul Markham  and
Brian W. Bainbridge
Paul Markham
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Queen Elizabeth College, Campden Hill Road, London W8 7AH
Brian W. Bainbridge
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Queen Elizabeth College, Campden Hill Road, London W8 7AH
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A new locus for choline-requirement has been identified in Aspergillus nidulans and designated choC3. It has been located to linkage group VIII at a position 31·9 ± 2·2 map units to the left of the sD locus.

It is proposed that this locus codes either for the enzyme that catalyses the transmethylation of phosphatidyl monomethylaminoethanol to phosphatidyl dimethylaminoethanol or for a molecule essential for the synthesis or function of this enzyme.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , November 1978 , pp. 303 - 310
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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