Identification and characterization of a tri-partite hydrophobin from Claviceps fusiformis: A novel type of class II hydrophobin

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 377-385

  De Vries, Onno M H ^a   Moore, Sabine ^b   Arntz, Claudia ^b   Wessels, Joseph G H ^a   Tudzynski, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Claviceps fusiformis; GN rich protein; Hydrophobin; Self assembling protein; Wall associated protein

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRIHYDROPHOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLAVICEPS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SURFACE TENSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLAVICEPS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 0033152599     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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