Tracks for traffic: Microtubules in the plant pathogen Ustilago maydis

New Phytologist

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 721-733

  Steinberg, Gero ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynein; Hyphal growth; Kinesin; Microtubule array; Organelle transport

Indexed keywords

KINESIN;

ENZYME; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; MAIZE; MOTILITY; PATHOGEN; VIRULENCE;

CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE; USTILAGO;

KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; USTILAGO;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 34248400358     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02072.x     Document Type: Review

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