Reef coral fluorescent proteins for visualizing fungal pathogens

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-220

  Bourett, Timothy M ^a   Sweigard, James A ^a   Czymmek, Kirk J ^b   Carroll, Anne ^a   Howard, Richard J ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical growth; Filamentous fungi; Fusarium verticillioides; GFP; Hyphal tip growth; Live cell imaging; Magnaporthe grisea; Mitosis; Multi photon microscopy; Two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN AMCYAN; PROTEIN ASRED; PROTEIN ZSGREEN; PROTEIN ZSYELLOW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORAL REEF; CYTOPLASM; DYNAMICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES; GROWTH RATE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; FUSARIUM; HORDEUM; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MAGNAPORTHE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTONS; PLANT DISEASES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANTHOZOA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 0036440585     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(02)00524-8     Document Type: Article

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