Aspergillus nidulans swo mutants show defects in polarity establishment, polarity maintenance and hyphal morphogenesis

Genetics

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 557-567

  Momany, Michelle ^a   Westfall, Patrick J ^a   Abramowsky, Gretel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MUTATION;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0032912469     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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