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Other names published for CHS2: chitin synthase CHS2, YBR038W

CHS2 - Function/Process (37)

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Cabib E and Schmidt M  (2003) Chitin synthase III activity, but not the chitin ring, is required for remedial septa formation in budding yeast. FEMS Microbiol Lett 224(2):299-305
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Sudoh M, et al.  (2000) Identification of a novel inhibitor specific to the fungal chitin synthase. Inhibition of chitin synthase 1 arrests the cell growth, but inhibition of chitin synthase 1 and 2 is lethal in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. J Biol Chem 275(42):32901-5
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Yabe T, et al.  (1998) Mutational analysis of chitin synthase 2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Identification of additional amino acid residues involved in its catalytic activity. Eur J Biochem 258(3):941-7
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