Cell surface galactosylation is essential for nonsexual flocculation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

doi:10.1128/JB.181.4.1356-1359.1999

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Cell surface galactosylation is essential for nonsexual flocculation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Feb 1999

Tanaka N, Awai A, Bhuiyan M S, Fujita K, Fukui H, Takegawa K

Abstract excerpt

We have isolated fission yeast mutants that constitutively flocculate upon growth in liquid media. One of these mutants, the gsf1 mutant, was found to cause dominant, nonsexual, and calcium-dependent aggregation of cells into flocs. Its flocculation was inhibited by the addition of galactose but...

Topics

Carbohydrates
Cations
Cell Wall
Flocculation
Galactose
Glycosylation
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Mannans
Mutation
Schizosaccharomyces

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