N,N'-bisformyl dityrosine is an in vivo precursor of the yeast ascospore wall

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 124-131

  Briza, Peter ^a   Kalchhauser, Hermann ^b   Pittenauer, Ernst ^c   Allmaier, Günter ^c   Breitenbach, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b INSTITUT FÜR ORGANISCHE CHEMIE   (Austria)

^c Institute of Analytical Chemistry   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P 450; Dityrosine; Spore wall synthesis; Sporulation; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030011326     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0124u.x     Document Type: Article

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