CHS5, a gene involved in chitin synthesis and mating in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2485-2496

  Santos, Beatriz ^a,b   Duran, Angel ^a   Valdivieso, M Henar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030898434     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.5.2485     Document Type: Article

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