Microtubules in the fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis are highly dynamic and determine cell polarity

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 609-622

  Steinberg, Gero ^a,c   Wedlich Söldner, Roland ^a   Brill, Marianne ^a,b   Schulz, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Microtubule; Motility; Pathogenic fungus; Polar growth

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; INTERPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; USTILAGO MAYDIS; YEAST CELL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TUBULIN; USTILAGO;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035117421     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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