chs-4, a class IV chitin synthase gene from Neurospora crassa

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 214-222

  Din, Adi Beth ^a   Specht, Charles A ^b   Robbins, Phillips W ^b   Yarden, Oded ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascomycete; Fungal cell wall; Neurospora

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; GLUCOSAMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030039795     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02174181     Document Type: Article

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