Microtubular and actin cytoskeletons and ultrastructural characteristics of the potentially pathogenic basidiomycetous yeast Malassezia pachydermatis

Cell Biology International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-23

  David, Marek ^a   Gabriel, Miroslav ^a   Kopecká, Marie ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Actin; Basidiomycetous yeast; Cytoskeleton; Malassezia pachydermatis; Microtubule; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ENZYME; F ACTIN; GOLD; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHALLOIDIN; RHODAMINE; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL KINETICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; INCUBATION TIME; INTERPHASE; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY;

ACTINS; CELL CYCLE; CYTOSKELETON; FREEZE FRACTURING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALASSEZIA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTOMY; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS;

EID: 33846334082     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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