β (1,3)-glucanosyl-transferase activity is essential for cell wall integrity and viability of schizosaccharomyces pombe

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  de Medina Redondo, María ^a,c   Arnáiz Pita, Yolanda ^a   Clavaud, Cécile ^b   Fontaine, Thierry ^b   del Rey, Francisco ^a   Latgé, Jean Paul ^b   de Aldana, Carlos R Vázquez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA(1,3)GLUCANOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN GAS1P; PROTEIN GAS2P; PROTEIN GAS5P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,3 BETA GLUCANOSYLTRANSFERASE; 1,3-BETA-GLUCANOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCAN; GLUCAN ENDO 1,3 BETA GLUCOSIDASE; ISOENZYME; PHOTOPROTEIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; BIOCATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

BIOCATALYSIS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCANS; ISOENZYMES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MUTATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

EID: 78649517461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014046     Document Type: Article

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