Tetrapisispora phaffii killer toxin is a highly specific β-glucanase that disrupts the integrity of the yeast cell wall

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages 55-

  Comitini, Francesca ^a   Mannazzu, Ilaria ^a,b   Ciani, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN KPKT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; LASER MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TETRAPISISPORA PHAFFII;

CELL WALL; CELLULASES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; INDOLIZINES; KILLER FACTORS, YEAST; KLUYVEROMYCES; SORBITOL; YEASTS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; TETRAPISISPORA PHAFFII;

EID: 70749133546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-8-55     Document Type: Article

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