PcchiB1, encoding a class V chitinase, is affected by PcVelA and PcLaeA, and is responsible for cell wall integrity in Penicillium chrysogenum

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3036-3048

  Kamerewerd, Jens ^a   Zadra, Ivo ^b   Kürnsteiner, Hubert ^b   Kück, Ulrich ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; CHITINASE V; FUNGAL PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PCCHIB1 PROTEIN; PCLAEA PROTEIN; PCVELA PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTANT; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

CELL WALL; CHITINASE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, REGULATOR; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 80155143134     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.051896-0     Document Type: Article

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