Cytoskeleton and motor proteins in filamentous fungi

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 628-633

  Xiang, Xin ^a   Plamann, Michael ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGUS; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPINDLE POLE BODY;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0347994991     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2003.10.009     Document Type: Review

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