Molecular characterization of GCD1, a yeast gene required for general control of amino acid biosynthesis and cell-cycle initiation.

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Published in Nucleic Acids Res on October 11, 1988

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D E Hill1, K Struhl

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1: Department of Biological Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.

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