Isolation and regeneration of protoplasts from the yeast and mycelial form of the dimorphic zygomycete Benjaminiella poitrasii: Role of chitin metabolism for morphogenesis during regeneration

Microbiological Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-37

  Chitnis, Manisha V ^a   Deshpande, Mukund V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Benjaminiella poitrasii; Chitin metabolism; Chitosanase; Protoplast; Y M dimorphism; Zygomycetes

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOLOGY;

BENJAMINIELLA POITRASII; FUNGI; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES SP.; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM; ZYGOMYCETES;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MYCELIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOPLAST; YEAST; ZYGOMYCETES;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; CELL WALL; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; ENZYMES; MYCELIUM; PROTOPLASTS; YEASTS; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 0036009068     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-5013-00129     Document Type: Article

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