Cloning and characterization of chsD, a chitin synthase-like gene of Aspergillus fumigatus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-76

  Mellado, Emilia ^a,c   Specht, Charles A ^b   Robbins, Phillips W ^b   Holden, David W ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Chitin; Chitin synthase; Mutation

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; MURINAE; RHIZOPUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030587528     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00294-7     Document Type: Article

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