Functional, organizational, and biochemical analysis of actin in hyphal tip cells of Allomyces macrogynus

Mycologia

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-70

  Srinivasan, Srijayanthi ^a   Vargas, Maria M ^a,b   Roberson, Robert W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Apical growth; Cytochalasin; Electron microscopy; Filasome; Immunocytochemistry; Light microscopy; SDS PAGE; Spitzenk rper

Indexed keywords

ALLOMYCES MACROGYNUS; PHYCOMYCETES;

EID: 0030049577     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3760784     Document Type: Article

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