Vacuolar reticulum in oomycete hyphal tips: An additional component of the Ca2+ regulatory system?

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-220

  Allaway, William G ^a   Ashford, Anne E ^b   Heath, I Brent ^c   Hardham, Adrienne R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

6 Carboxyfluorescein; Achlya; Fungal transport; Oomycota; Phytophthora cinnamomi; Reticulate vacuoles; Saprolegnia diclina; Saprolegnia ferax; Saprolegnia parasitica

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; CALCIUM ION; FLUOROCHROME;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACHLYA; FUNGI; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI; SAPROLEGNIA DICLINA; SAPROLEGNIA FERAX; SAPROLEGNIA PARASITICA; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 0031431633     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1997.1015     Document Type: Article

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