Aspergillus nidulans class V and VI chitin synthases CsmA and CsmB, each with a myosin motor-like domain, perform compensatory functions that are essential for hyphal tip growth

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1380-1394

  Takeshita, Norio ^a   Yamashita, Shuichi ^a   Ohta, Akinori ^a   Horiuchi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; CSM A ENZYME; CSM B ENZYME; EPITOPE; FUNGAL ENZYME; MYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYOSINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 33645064548     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05030.x     Document Type: Article

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