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. 1986 Mar 11;14(5):2201–2213. doi: 10.1093/nar/14.5.2201

The isolation and nucleotide sequence of the complex AROM locus of Aspergillus nidulans.

I G Charles, J W Keyte, W J Brammar, M Smith, A R Hawkins
PMCID: PMC339652  PMID: 3515316

Abstract

The AROM locus of A. nidulans, which governs five consecutive steps in pre-chorismate aromatic amino acid biosynthesis, has been cloned in a bacteriophage vector. The nucleotide sequence of the locus reveals a single, open reading-frame of 4,812 base-pairs, apparently without introns. An internal segment of the A. nidulans AROM sequence has extensive homology with the E. coli aroA gene that encodes the 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase.

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