The zygomycetous fungus, Benjaminiella poitrasii contains a large family of differentially regulated chitin synthase genes

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-223

  Chitnis, Manisha V ^a   Munro, Carol A ^b   Brown, Alistair J P ^b   Gooday, Graham W ^b   Gow, Neil A R ^b   Deshpande, Mukund V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benjaminiella poitrasii; Chitin synthase; Dimorphism; Zygomycete

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; MEMBRANE ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BENJAMINIELLA POITRASII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ZYGOMYCETES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZYGOMYCOTA;

BENJAMINIELLA POITRASII; FUNGI; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 0036343181     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(02)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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