Microtubules are dispensable for the initial pathogenic development but required for long-distance hyphal growth in the corn smut fungus ustilago maydis

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2746-2758

  Fuchs, Uta ^a   Manns, Isabel ^a   Steinberg, Gero ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; PHEROMONE; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL FUSION; CELL MOTILITY; CONJUGATION; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MICROTUBULE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

ACTINS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYPHAE; INDOLES; KINETICS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHEROMONES; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES; USTILAGO; ZEA MAYS;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 19644384352     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E05-03-0176     Document Type: Article

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