Identification of a motor protein required for filamentous growth in Ustilago maydis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3464-3473

  Lehmler, Christiane ^a   Steinberg, Gero ^b   Snetselaar, Karen M ^c   Schliwa, Manfred ^b   Kahmann, Regine ^a   Bölker, Michael ^a  

^a Institut fur Genetik und Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Kinesin; Pathogenicity; Ustilago maydis; Vesicle transport

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030998212     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.12.3464     Document Type: Article

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