A glutamine synthetase mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae shows defect in cell wall

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-162

  Shimizu, Jiro ^a,b   Okumura, Yasushi ^a   Yoda, Koji ^b   Yamasaki, Makari ^b,c  

^a ASAHI BREWERIES LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Glutamine synthetase; Hypo osmolarity sensitive mutant; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LEVEL; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAINING; YEAST CELL;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030867563     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.43.157     Document Type: Article

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