The β-1,3-glucanosyltransferase gas4p is essential for ascospore wall maturation and spore viability in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1283-1299

  De Medina Redondo, María ^a   Arnáiz Pita, Yolanda ^a   Fontaine, Thierry ^b   Del Rey, Francisco ^a   Latgé, Jean Paul ^b   De Aldana, Carlos R Vázquez ^a  

^a Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica and Departamento de Microbiología y Genética   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; BETA 1,3 GLUCANOSYLTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE; PROTEIN GAS1P; PROTEIN GAS4P; PROTEIN GEL1P; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL VIABILITY; COVALENT BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOZYGOTE; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPOROGENESIS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDASE; MEIOSIS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 43449126492     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06233.x     Document Type: Article

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