The role of microtubules in rapid hyphal tip growth of Aspergillus nidulans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 918-926

  Horio, Tetsuya ^a,b   Oakley, Berl R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BENOMYL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BENOMYL; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETON; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPHAE; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MICROTUBULES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

EID: 12844277934     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E04-09-0798     Document Type: Article

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