A novel yeast gene, RHK1 is involved in the synthesis of the cell wall receptor for the HM-1 killer toxin that inhibits β-1,3-glucan synthesis

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-147

  Kimura, T ^a   Kitamoto, N ^b   Kito, Y ^b   Iimura, Y ^c   Shirai, T ^d   Komiyama, T ^d   Furuichi, Y ^e   Sakka, K ^a   Ohmiya, K ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aichi Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BREWING   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e AGENE Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,3 glucan; Cell wall; Hansenula mrakii; Killer toxin; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MYCOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HANSENULA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCANS; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCANS; HUMANS; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOTOXINS; PICHIA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PICHIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WILLIOPSIS SATURNUS VAR. MRAKII;

EID: 0030991410     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050401     Document Type: Article

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