Wishful thinking of turgor revisited: The mechanics of fungal growth

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-187

  Money, Nicholas P ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungi; Growth equations; Hyphae; Morphogenesis; Sporangiophore; Turgor

Indexed keywords

CELL WALL; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OOMYCETES; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FUNGI; OOMYCETES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0031126755     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1997.0976     Document Type: Review

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