Approaching the Secrets of N-glycosylation in Aspergillus fumigatus: Characterization of the AfOch1 protein

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Kotz, Andrea ^a   Wagener, Johannes ^a   Engel, Jakob ^b   Routier, Françoise H ^b   Echtenacher, Bernd ^c   Jacobsen, Ilse ^d   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a   Ebel, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYTOKINE; GLYCAN; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN OCH1; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCH1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AFOCH1 GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GOLGI COMPLEX; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MACROPHAGE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; MURINAE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALCIUM; CELL WALL; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; GLYCOSYLATION; GOLGI APPARATUS; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650820808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015729     Document Type: Article

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