Cytoplasmic contractions in growing fungal hyphae and their morphogenetic consequences

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 292-300

  Reynaga Peña, Cristina G ^a   Bartnicki García, Salomón ^b,c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Cytoplasmic contractions; Fungal growth; Neurospora crassa; Organelle movement; Ramosa 1; Spitzenk rper; Trichoderma atroviride

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; GENE MUTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; TRICHODERMA; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; HYPHAE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; ORGANELLES; TRICHODERMA;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE;

EID: 20044362597     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0771-z     Document Type: Article

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