Aggregation of yeast cells induced by the Arg-Gly-Asp motif-containing fragment of high-molecular-mass cell-adhesion protein MFBA, derived from the basidiomycetous mushroom Lentinus edodes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-200

  Yasuda, Toru ^a   Shishido, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arg Gly Asp (RGD) motif; Basidiomycete; Cell aggregation; Yeast

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FRUIT; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYPORACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YEASTS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LENTINULA EDODES; LENTINUS; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030821910     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00323-6     Document Type: Article

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