The interrelationships of actin and hyphal tip growth in the ascomycete Geotrichum candidum

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-97

  Heath, I Brent ^a   Bonham, Michael ^a   Akram, Ali ^a   Gupta, Gagan D ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Exocytosis; Geotrichum candidum; Latrunculin; Spectrin; Spitzenk rper; Tip growth

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; LATRUNCULIN B; M PROTEIN; PHALLOIDIN; SPECTRIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SWELLING; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GEOTRICHUM CANDIDUM; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STAINING;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GEOTRICHUM; HYPHAE; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAINING AND LABELING; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES;

ASCOMYCOTA; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM;

EID: 0037332018     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(02)00511-X     Document Type: Article

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