The properties and localization of Saprolegnia monoica chitin synthase differ from those of other fungi

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2473-2483

  Leal Morales, Carlos A ^a   Gay, Lucien ^b   Fèvre, Michel ^b   Bartnicki García, Salomón ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Saprolegnia monoica

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DIGITONIN;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FUNGUS; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYLOMYCES ROUXII; FUNGI; MUCOR; OOMYCETES; SAPROLEGNIA MONOICA;

EID: 0030788731     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-7-2473     Document Type: Article

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