Kinesin from the plant pathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis is involved in vacuole formation and cytoplasmic migration

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2235-2246

  Steinberg, Gero ^a,b   Schliwa, Manfred ^b   Lehmler, Christiane ^b   Bölker, Michael ^b   Kahmann, Regine ^b   McIntosh, J Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Endocytosis; Fungus; Kinesin; Molecular motor; Null mutant; Organelle transport; Smut; Tip growth; Ustilago maydis

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCYTOSIS; FUNGUS; GENE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CYTOPLASM; ENDOCYTOSIS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NOCODAZOLE; USTILAGO; VACUOLES;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0031688364     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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