Correlation between endoglucanase secretion and cell wall strength in oomycete hyphae: Implications for growth and morphogenesis

Mycologia

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 777-785

  Money, Nicholas P ^a   Hill, Terry W ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exoenzymes; Extracellular matrix; Hyphal growth; Saprolegniaceae; Tip growth; Turgor pressure

Indexed keywords

ACHLYA; ACHLYA AMBISEXUALIS; ACHLYA BISEXUALIS; FUNGI; SAPROLEGNIA; SAPROLEGNIA FERAX; SAPROLEGNIACEAE;

EID: 0030929482     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761134     Document Type: Article

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