Identification and characterization of genes required for hyphal morphogenesis in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans

Genetics

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1015-1025

  Harris, Steven D ^a   Hofmann, Amy F ^a   Tedford, Hugo W ^a   Lee, Maurice P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ASPERGILLUS; BISBENZIMIDE; CELL POLARITY; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYTOSKELETON; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; MORPHOGENESIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPORES, FUNGAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0032980575     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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