Increased activity of wall hydrolytic enzymes may explain the phenotype of Saccharomyces cerevisiae fragile mutants

Current Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 365-367

  Ruiz Herrera, José ^a   León Ramírez, Claudia ^a   Elizabeth Alvarez, P ^a   Venkov, Pencho ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CHITIN; GLUCAN; HEXOSAMINE; HYDROLASE; HYPOTONIC SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RECESSIVE GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL WALL; CHITIN; MUTATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031725153     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900394     Document Type: Article

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