Cloning of the RHO1 gene from Candida albicans and its regulation of β- 1,3-glucan synthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7734-7741

  Kondoh, Osamu ^a   Tachibana, Yukako ^a   Ohya, Yoshikazu ^b   Arisawa, Mikio ^a   Watanabe, Takahide ^a  

^a NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030785108     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.24.7734-7741.1997     Document Type: Article

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