Relationship of actin, microtubules, and crosswall synthesis during septation in Aspergillus nidulans

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 373-384

  Momany, Michelle ^a,b   Hamer, John E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin; Cytokinesis; Filamentous fungi; Mitotic spindle

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CHITIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CHITIN; MICROTUBULES;

EID: 0030779662     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)38:4<373::AID-CM7>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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