Deletion of BGL2 results in an increased chitin level in the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-184

  Kalebina, Tatyana S ^a   Farkaš, Vladimir ^b   Laurinavichiute, Daniela K ^a   Gorlovoy, Philipp M ^a   Fominov, Gleb V ^c   Bartek, Peter ^b   Kulaev, Igor S ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bgl2p; Cell wall; Chitin; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; GLUCAN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; NIKKOMYCIN Z; TRYPSIN;

CHITIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL WALL; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0242610360     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026034123673     Document Type: Article

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