Aggregation and collapse of fungal wall vesicles in hyphal tips: A model for the origin of the Spitzenkörper

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1364, 1997, Pages 1963-1974

  Regalado, Carlos M ^a   Sleeman, Brian D ^b   Ritz, Karl ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031590762     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0182     Document Type: Article

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