Aspergillus nidulans pigP gene encodes a subunit of GPI-N- acetylglucosaminyltransferase which influences filamentation and protein secretion

Current Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-309

  Piłsyk, Sebastian ^a   Paszewski, Andrzej ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alkaline protease; Aspergillus nidulans; GPI anchor; GPI GlcNAc transferase; PigP

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL GLYCAN BIOSYNTHEIS CLASS P PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCELIUM; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 67349194267     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-009-0246-x     Document Type: Review

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