Nuclear migration in fungi - Different motors at work

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 247-254

  Suelmann, Rüdiger ^a   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Fungi, lower; Microtubule; Motor protein; Organelle movement; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; KINESIN; MYOSIN;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL CYCLE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MICROTUBULE; MIGRATION; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; YEAST CELL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034120157     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(00)00151-0     Document Type: Review

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