The Agaricus bisporus hypA gene encodes a hydrophobin and specifically accumulates in peel tissue of mushroom caps during fruit body development

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1008-1018

  De Groot, Piet W J ^a,b   Schaap, Peter J ^a   Sonnenberg, Anton S M ^b   Visser, Jaap ^a   Van Griensven, Leo J L D ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Mushroom Experimental Station   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agaricus bisporus; Fruit body; Gene duplication; Hydrophobin; hypA gene

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE;

AGARICALES; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AGARICALES; AGARICUS BISPORUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0029986471     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0219     Document Type: Article

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