Plasma membrane-adjacent actin filaments, but not microtubules, are essential for both polarization and hyphal tip morphogenesis in saprolegnia ferax and neurospora crassa

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-62

  Heath, I Brent ^a   Gupta, Gagan ^a   Bai, Suk ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Hyphae; Latrunculin B; Microtubules; Polariz ation; Protoplasts; Spores

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; FUNGUS; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; SPOROGENESIS;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SAPROLEGNIA FERAX;

EID: 0033864405     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.2000.1203     Document Type: Article

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