The structure of cell wall α-glucan from fission yeast

Glycobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-257

  Grün, Christian H ^a,b   Hochstenbach, Frans ^c   Humbel, Bruno M ^b   Verkleij, Arie J ^b   Sietsma, J Hans ^d   Klis, Frans M ^e   Kamerling, Johannis P ^b   Vliegenthart, Johannes F G ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

glucan; Cell wall; Fission yeast; Morphogenesis; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCAN; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CHITIN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; WILD TYPE;

CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; GLUCANS; GLUCOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 14844311230     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwi002     Document Type: Article

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