Cell surface galactosylation is essential for nonsexual flocculation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1356-1359

  Tanaka, Naotaka ^a   Awai, Atsuro ^a   Bhuiyan, M Shah Alam ^a   Fujita, Kiyotaka ^a   Fukui, Hiroshi ^a   Takegawa, Kaoru ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; FRUCTOSE; GALACTITOL; GALACTOSAMINE; GALACTOSE; GALACTURONIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; INOSITOL; LACTOSE; MANNOSE; MELIBIOSE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; RAFFINOSE; RHAMNOSE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; FLOCCULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0033020797     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1356-1359.1999     Document Type: Article

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