Isolation of Candida glabrata homologs of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae KRE9 and KNH1 genes and their involvement in cell wall β-1,6-glucan synthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 5020-5029

  Nagahash, Shigehisa ^a,b   Lussier, Marc ^a   Bussey, Howard ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA 1,6 GLUCAN; CHITIN; FUNGAL DNA; GLUCAN; GLUCOSE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031705808     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.19.5020-5029.1998     Document Type: Article

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