Direct probing of the surface ultrastructure and molecular interactions of dormant and germinating spores of Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 5350-5354

  Dufrêne, Yves F ^a   Boonaert, Christophe J P ^a   Gerin, Patrick A ^a   Asther, Marcel ^b   Rouxhet, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; GERMINATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHANEROCHAETE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

CHRYSOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM;

EID: 0345583668     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.17.5350-5354.1999     Document Type: Article

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