The role of the kinesin motor KipA in microtubule organization and polarized growth of Aspergillus nidulans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 497-506

  Konzack, Sven ^a,b   Rischitor, Patricia E ^a,c   Enke, Cathrin ^a   Fischer, Reinhard ^a,d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN KIPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ALLELES; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPHAE; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE-ORGANIZING CENTER; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 12844258049     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E04-02-0083     Document Type: Article

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