Increase in chitin as an essential response to defects in assembly of cell wall polymers in the ggp1Δ mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 463-469

  Popolo, Laura ^a   Gilardelli, Daniela ^a,c   Bonfante, Paola ^b   Vai, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c S Raffaele Sci Institute HSR Dibit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031027101     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.2.463-469.1997     Document Type: Article

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