Determination of cell polarity in germinated spores and hyphal tips of the filamentous ascomycete Ashbya gossypii requires a rhoGAP homolog

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1611-1621

  Wendland, J ^a,b   Philippsen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; GAP; GTPase activating protein; Morphogenesis; Polar growth

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CHITIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL GROWTH; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPORE GERMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ASCOMYCOTA; EREMOTHECIUM GOSSYPII; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034107374     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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