Expression of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis CHS3 in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae CHS3 null mutant demonstrates its functionality as a chitin synthase gene

Yeast

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 293-300

  Barreto, Laura ^a   Sorais, Françoise ^a   Salazar, Victor ^b   San Blas, Gioconda ^a   Niño Vega, Gustavo A ^a  

^a Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Chitin synthase regulator; Dimorphic transition; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCOFLOUR WHITE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE 3; DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; INTRON; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAINING;

CELL WALL; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77952257476     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1748     Document Type: Article

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