Increase of external osmolarity reduces morphogenetic defects and accumulation of chitin in a gas1 mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1167-1171

  Turchini, Anna ^a   Ferrario, Laura ^a   Popolo, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

CHITIN; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033967410     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.1167-1171.2000     Document Type: Article

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