Bgs3p, a putative 1,3-β-glucan synthase subunit, is required for cell wall assembly in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 159-169

  Martín, Victoria ^a   García, Blanca ^a   Carnero, Elena ^a   Durán, Angel ^a   Sánchez, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, LETHAL; GERMINATION; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0038538317     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.1.159-169.2003     Document Type: Article

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