Isolation of a gene involved in 1,3-β-glucan synthesis in Aspergillus nidulans and purification of the corresponding protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4381-4391

  Kelly, Rosemarie ^a   Register, Elizabeth ^a   Hsu, Ming J O ^b   Kurtz, Myra ^a   Nielsen, Jennifer ^b  

^a Parasite Biochem and Cell Biology   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL WALL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029747167     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4381-4391.1996     Document Type: Article

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