Characterization of an alg2 mutant of the zygomycete fungus Rhizomucor pusillus

Glycobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1287-1293

  Takeuchi, Kyoko ^a   Yamazaki, Haruka ^a   Shiraishi, Norihiko ^a   Ohnishi, Yasuo ^a   Nishikawa, Yoshihisa ^a,b   Horinouchi, Sueharu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alg2; Asparagine linked glycosylation; Mannosyltransferase; Rhizomucor pusillus; Zygomycete fungus

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CONCANAVALIN A; GLUCOSAMINE; MANNOSE; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PEROXIDASE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE LOCUS; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROLYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOMUCOR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STOP CODON;

RHIZOMUCOR PUSILLUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033407053     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.12.1287     Document Type: Article

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