Glucans, walls, and morphogenesis: On the contributions of J. G. H. Wessels to the golden decades of fungal physiology and beyond

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 119-127

  Bartnicki García, Salomon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical wall structure; Chitin; Hyphal morphogenesis; Metabolism; Tip growth models; Wessels; glucan; glucan

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN; POLYMER;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL WALL; COVALENT BOND; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FUNGI;

EID: 0032830486     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1999.1144     Document Type: Editorial

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