Biochemical requirements for PCBCK1 kinase activity, the Pneumocystis carinii MEKK involved in cell wall integrity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 153-156

  Vohra, Pawan K ^a   Sanyal, Bharati ^a   Thomas Jr , Charles F ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Fungal glucan; Opportunistic infections; Protein kinase

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CELL WALL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; METALS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; TEMPERATURE;

FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 2442635425     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.04.021     Document Type: Article

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