Kinesin and dynein mutants provide novel insights into the roles of vesicle traffic during cell morphogenesis in Neurospora

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 779-785

  Seiler, Stephan ^a   Plamann, Michael ^b   Schliwa, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0033615083     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80360-1     Document Type: Article

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