Functional Analysis of the α-1,3-Glucan Synthase Genes agsA and agsB in Aspergillus nidulans: AgsB Is the Major α-1,3-Glucan Synthase in This Fungus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yoshimi, Akira ^a   Sano, Motoaki ^b   Inaba, Azusa ^a   Kokubun, Yuko ^a   Fujioka, Tomonori ^c   Mizutani, Osamu ^d   Hagiwara, Daisuke ^e   Fujikawa, Takashi ^f   Nishimura, Marie ^f   Yano, Shigekazu ^g   Kasahara, Shin ^h   Shimizu, Kiminori ^e   Yamaguchi, Masashi ^e   Kawakami, Kazuyoshi ^a   Abe, Keietsu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO LTD   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BREWING   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^g RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLUCAN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGSA GENE; AGSB GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LIQUID CULTURE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYPHAE; ISOENZYMES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84872868188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054893     Document Type: Article

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