The CDC42 homolog of the dimorphic fungus Penicillium marneffei is required for correct cell polarization during growth but not development

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3447-3457

  Boyce, Kylie J ^a   Hynes, Michael J ^a   Andrianopoulos, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CDC42; RHO FACTOR;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; YEAST CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; CELL POLARITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; PENICILLIUM; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0035025765     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.11.3447-3457.2001     Document Type: Article

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