Increased nuclear traffic chaos in hyphae of Aspergillus nidulans: Molecular characterization of apsB and in vivo observation of nuclear behaviour

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 831-842

  Suelmann, Rüdiger ^a   Sievers, Nicole ^a   Galetzka, Danuta ^a   Robertson, Laura ^a,b   Timberlake, William E ^a,c   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Cereon Genomics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; METULA;

EID: 0031767214     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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