Properties of yeast expressed Aspergillus nidulans chitin synthase B which is essential for hyphal growth

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-284

  Tatsuno, Kenji ^a   Yamada Okabe, Hisafumi ^a   Takagi, Masamichi ^b   Arisawa, Mikio ^a   Sudoh, Masayuki ^a  

^a NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Chitin synthase gene; Polymerase chain reaction; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031000060     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00088-8     Document Type: Article

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