Disruption of the gene encoding the ChiB1 chitinase of Aspergillus fumigatus and characterization of a recombinant gene product

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2931-2939

  Jaques, Alex K ^a   Fukamizo, Tamo ^b   Hall, Diana ^a   Barton, Richard C ^a   Escott, Gemma M ^a   Parkinson, Tanya ^c   Hitchcock, Christopher A ^c   Adams, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHITINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOLYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; INCUBATION TIME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; RECOMBINANT GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 0142042861     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26476-0     Document Type: Article

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