An Ustilago maydis septin is required for filamentous growth in culture and for full symptom development on maize

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2044-2056

  Boyce, Kylie J ^a   Chang, Howard ^a,c   D'Souza, Cletus A ^a   Kronstad, James W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOIDY; LIPID METABOLISM; MAIZE; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HAPLOIDY; HYPHAE; INDOLES; LIPID METABOLISM; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL; USTILAGO; ZEA MAYS;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCETALES; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 29144434018     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.12.2044-2056.2005     Document Type: Article

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