Loss of the plasma membrane-bound protein Gas1p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae results in the release of β1,3-glucan into the medium and induces a compensation mechanism to ensure cell wall integrity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1418-1424

  Ram, Arthur F J ^a,d   Kapteyn, Johan C ^a   Montijn, Roy C ^a   Caro, L Heleen P ^a   Douwes, Jeroen E ^b   Baginsky, Walter ^c   Mazur, Paul ^c   Van Den Ende, Herman ^a   Klis, Frans M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL WALL; DELETION MUTANT; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLANUM SANDWICENSE;

EID: 0031938052     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.6.1418-1424.1998     Document Type: Article

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