Structural proteins involved in emergence of microbial aerial hyphae

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 153-160

  Wösten, Han A B ^a,b   Richter, Monika ^c,e   Willey, Joanne M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerial growth; Differentiation; Fungi; Hydrophobin; Streptomycetes; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; SURFACTANT;

BACTERIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOMYCETACEAE; SURFACE TENSION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; STREPTOMYCETACEAE; STREPTOMYCINEAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037639434     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1999.1130     Document Type: Review

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