Inhibition of Neurospora crassa growth by a glucan synthase-1 antisense construct

Current Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 303-308

  Tentler, S ^a   Palas, J ^a   Enderlin, C ^a,b   Campbell, J ^a,c   Taft, C ^a   Miller, T K ^a   Wood, R L ^a   Selitrennikoff, C P ^a  

^a Box B 111   (United States)

^b US WEST Communications   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCAN SYNTHASE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE TARGETING; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, FUNGAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0030991753     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900186     Document Type: Article

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