Yeast and fungal cell-wall polysaccharides can self-assemble in vitro into an ultrastructure resembling in vivo yeast cell walls

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-339

  Kopecká, Marie ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

cell wall polysaccharides; fungi; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; self assembly; yeast

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA 1,6 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-GLUCAN; BETA-1,6-GLUCAN; FUNGAL POLYSACCHARIDE; MANNAN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CELL-WALL POLYSACCHARIDES; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBER; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELF-ASSEMBLY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YEAST;

CELL-WALL POLYSACCHARIDES; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELF-ASSEMBLY; YEAST;

BETA-GLUCANS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL POLYSACCHARIDES; MANNANS; MICROFIBRILS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYSACCHARIDES; PRECIPITATES; YEAST;

CELL WALLS; CELL-WALL-POLYSACCHARIDES; FUNGAL CELL WALLS; GLUCANS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MICROFIBRIL; SELF-ASSEMBLE; WALL MATRIX; YEAST CELL;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84879161919     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfs076     Document Type: Article

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