Dynein and dynactin deficiencies affect the formation and function of the Spitzenkorper and distort hyphal morphogenesis of Neurospora crassa

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1743-1752

  Riquelme, Meritxell ^a   Gierz, Gerhard ^a   Bartnicki García, Salomon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurospora crassa; Ropy mutants; Spitzenkorper

Indexed keywords

DYNACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GROWTH RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0033910553     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-7-1743     Document Type: Article

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