Chitin synthases from saprolegnia are involved in tip growth and represent a potential target for anti-oomycete drugs

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 81-82

  Guerriero, Gea ^a   Avino, Mariano ^b   Zhou, Qi ^a   Fugelstad, Johanna ^a   Clergeot, Pierre Henri ^c   Bulone, Vincent ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHASE; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE 1; CHITIN SYNTHASE 2; NIKKOMYCIN Z; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; NIKKOMYCIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MYCELIAL GROWTH; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOMYCETES; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA PASTORIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAPROLEGNIA; SAPROLEGNIA MONOICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PICHIA PASTORIS; SAPROLEGNIA; SAPROLEGNIA MONOICA; SAPROLEGNIA PARASITICA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAPROLEGNIA;

EID: 77958127571     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001070     Document Type: Article

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