The viral killer system in yeast: From molecular biology to application

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 257-276

  Schmitt, Manfred J ^a   Breinig, Frank ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Endocytosis; Heterologous protein secretion; Killer virus; Prepro protein processing; Receptor mediated toxicity; Retrograde transport; Toxin secretion; Yeast

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; TOXIN; KILLER FACTOR, YEAST; MYCOTOXIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CELL WALL; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; HANSENIASPORA UVARUM; IMMUNITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA VIRUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRANSGENE; VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; WINE; YEAST; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES BAILII; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

EUKARYOTA;

FUNGI; MYCOTOXINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; YEASTS;

EID: 0036024579     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(02)00099-2     Document Type: Review

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