Characterization of PCEng2, a β-1,3-endoglucanase homolog in Pneumocystis carinii with activity in cell wall regulation

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-200

  Villegas, Leah R ^a   Kottom, Theodore J ^a   Limper, Andrew H ^a,b  

^a Thoracic Diseases Research Unit   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 endoglucanase; glucan; Cell wall; Glucanase; Pneumocystis carinii

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENDO 1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; GLYCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCAN; CELLULASE; PCENG2 PROTEIN, PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIFE CYCLE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UPREGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMOCYSTIS MURINA; RATTUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCANS; CELL WALL; CELLULASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 77955482803     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2009-0131OC     Document Type: Article

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