Isolation and characterization of Aspergillus oryzae vacuolar protein sorting mutants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4856-4861

  Ohneda, Mamoru ^a   Arioka, Manabu ^a   Kitamoto, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CELLS; COMPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGI; PH EFFECTS;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CELL POLARITY; MUTANTS; VACUOLAR PROTEINS;

PROTEINS;

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE C; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CELL POLARITY; CELL VACUOLE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUOLAR PROTEIN SORTING;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPHAE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VACUOLES;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 23744495500     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4856-4861.2005     Document Type: Article

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