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Chitin synthesis in a gas1 mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2000
Valdivieso M H, Ferrario L, Vai M, Duran A, Popolo L
Abstract excerpt
The existence of a compensatory mechanism in response to cell wall damage has been proposed in yeast cells. The increase of chitin accumulation is part of this response. In order to study the mechanism of the stress-related chitin synthesis, we tested chitin synthase I (CSI), CSII, and CSIII in vitro activities in the cell-wall-defective mutant gas1 delta. CSI activity increased twofold with respect to the...
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