Neurospora crassa 1,3-α-glucan synthase, AGS-1, is required for cell wall biosynthesis during macroconidia development

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 160, Issue PART 8, 2014, Pages 1618-1627

  Fu, Ci ^a   Tanaka, Asuma ^a   Free, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGS 1 PROTEIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; GENOMIC DNA; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; HEMAGGLUTININ; POLYSACCHARIDE; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; HEAT TREATMENT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOP CODON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84905233994     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.080002-0     Document Type: Article

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