Effect of cytochalasin A on apical growth, actin cytoskeleton organization and enzyme secretion in Aspergillus nidulans

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-53

  Torralba, Sara ^a   Raudaskoski, Marjatta ^b   Pedregosa, Ana María ^a   Laborda, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Actin; Aspergillus nidulans; Cytochalasin; galactosidase; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYTOCHALASIN A; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME RELEASE; FUNGUS GROWTH; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0031983741     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-1-45     Document Type: Article

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