Biochemical Characterization of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis α-1,3-Glucanase Agn1p, and Its Functionality by Heterologous Expression in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Villalobos Duno, Héctor ^a   San Blas, Gioconda ^a   Paulinkevicius, Maryan ^a   Sánchez Martín, Yolanda ^b   Nino Vega, Gustavo ^a  

^a Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GLUCANASE; AMINO ACID; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; DEXTRAN; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; LAMINARAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCANS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MUTATION; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLUBILITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EQUIDAE; FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 84879378447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066853     Document Type: Article

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