The Aspergillus nidulans genes chsA and chsD encode chitin synthases which have redundant functions in conidia formation

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 442-450

  Motoyama, Takayuki ^a,b   Fujiwara, Makoto ^a   Kojima, Nobuko ^a   Horiuchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohta, Akinori ^a   Takagi, Masamichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Cell wall; Chitin synthase; Conidia; Multigene family

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030055951     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02172373     Document Type: Article

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