Identification of the galactosyltransferase of Cryptococcus neoformans involved in the biosynthesis of basidiomycete-type glycosylinositolphosphoceramide

Glycobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1210-1219

  Wohlschlager, Therese ^a   Buser, Reto ^a   Skowyra, Michael L ^b   Haynes, Brian C ^b   Henrissat, Bernard ^c   Doering, Tamara L ^b   Künzler, Markus ^a   Aebi, Markus ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Basidiomycete; Fungal glycans; Galactosyltransferase; Gipc; Glycolipids

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DELETION MUTANT; EPISOME; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GLYCOSYLINOSITOLPHOSPHOCERAMIDE GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE 1 GENE; HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES; HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES; MANNOSYLINOSITOLPHOSPHOCERAMIDE GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASIDIOMYCETE; FUNGAL GLYCANS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GIPC; GLYCOLIPIDS;

CERAMIDES; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL POLYSACCHARIDES; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; GLYCOSYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84886023091     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwt057     Document Type: Article

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