A 1,3-β-glucanosyltransferase isolated from the cell wall of Aspergillus fumigatus is a homologue of the yeast Bgl2p

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3171-3180

  Mouyna, Isabelle ^a   Hartland, Robbert P ^a,c   Fontaine, Thierry ^a   Diaquin, Michel ^a   Simenel, Catherine ^a   Delepierre, Muriel ^a   Henrissat, Bernard ^b   Latgé, Jean Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

1,3 glucan; Aspergillus fumigatus; BGL2; BGT1; Cell wall

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANOSYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; ENZYME ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031789968     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-11-3171     Document Type: Article

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