Topology of microtubules and actin in the life cycle of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous (Phaffia rhodozyma)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 361-368

  Slaninová, Iva ^a   Kucsera, Judit ^b   Svoboda, Augustin ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Actin; Basidiomycetes; Cell cycle; Immunofluorescence; Microtubules; Phaffia rhodozyma; Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; NITROGEN; RIBITOL;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONJUGATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS SPORE; INTERPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

EID: 0032847659     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002097822542     Document Type: Article

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