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Class III chitin synthase ChsB of Aspergillus nidulans localizes at the sites of polarized cell wall synthesis and is required for conidial development.
Eukaryotic cell - 1 Jul 2009
Fukuda Kazuharu, Yamada Kazunari, Deoka Ken, Yamashita Shuichi, Ohta Akinori, Horiuchi Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
Class III chitin synthases play important roles in tip growth and conidiation in many filamentous fungi. However, little is known about their functions in those processes. To address these issues, we characterized the deletion mutant of a class III chitin synthase-encoding gene of Aspergillus nidulans, chsB, and investigated ChsB localization in the hyphae and conidiophores. Multilayered cell walls and...
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