Phenotype in Candida albicans of a disruption of the BGL2 gene encoding a 1,3-β-glucosyltransferase

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 367-376

  Sarthy, Aparna V ^a   McGonigal, Thomas ^a   Coen, Michael ^a   Frost, David J ^a   Meulbroek, Jonathan A ^a   Goldman, Robert C ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

BGL2; Candida albicans; Transglycosylation

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CHITIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; NIKKOMYCIN Z;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CELL WALL; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE DISRUPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031052529     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-2-367     Document Type: Article

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