The neurospora crassa dfg5 and dcw1 genes encode α-1,6-mannanases that function in the incorporation of glycoproteins into the cell wall

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Maddi, Abhiram ^a   Fu, Ci ^a   Free, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,6 MANNANASE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; DCW1 ENZYME; DFG5 ENZYME; FUNGAL ENZYME; GALACTOMANNAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANAZOLENE SODIUM; CHITIN; FUCHSINE; GLUCAN; MANNAN; MANNOSIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DCW1 GENE; DFG5 GENE; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGAL GENE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; CHITIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCANS; MANNANS; MANNOSIDASES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; ROSANILINE DYES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84862185547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038872     Document Type: Article

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