Motoring along the hyphae: Molecular motors and the fungal cytoskeleton

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-79

  Yamashita, Roxanne A ^a   May, Gregory S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; MYOSIN;

CELL DIVISION; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; FUNGUS; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

FUNGI;

EID: 0032005171     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(98)80088-4     Document Type: Article

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