Reduced expression of the O-mannosyltransferase 2 (AfPmt2) leads to deficient cell wall and abnormal polarity in Aspergillus fumigatus

Glycobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 542-552

  Fang, Wenxia ^a   Ding, Weiping ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a   Ouyang, Haomiao ^a   Ming, Jia ^a   Jin, Cheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Cell wall integrity; O mannosylation; O mannosyltransferase; Polarity

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE 2; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE 4; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL POLARITY; CELL WALL; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL POLARITY; CELL WALL; DOWN-REGULATION; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77952875092     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwp206     Document Type: Article

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