Saccharomyces cerevisiae chitin biosynthesis activation by N-acetylchitooses depends on size and structure of chito-oligosaccharides

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Becker, Hubert F ^a,b   Piffeteau, Annie ^b,c   Thellend, Annie ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE ET BIOSCIENCES   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

chitin synthase; glycosyltransferase; oligosaccharides; polymerization activation; polysaccharide synthase

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TETRA;

EID: 80054886144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-454     Document Type: Article

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