CopA:GFP localizes to putative Golgi equivalents in Aspergillus nidulans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-97

  Breakspear, Andrew ^a,b   Langford, Kelly J ^b   Momany, Michelle ^a   Assinder, Susan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Filamentous fungus; Golgi equivalent; Green fluorescent protein

Indexed keywords

BREFELDIN A; COAT PROTEIN; COPPER EXPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NOCODAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETIC CODE; GOLGI COMPLEX; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; COAT PROTEIN COMPLEX I; COP-COATED VESICLES; DYNEIN ATPASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GOLGI APPARATUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 35748950106     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00945.x     Document Type: Article

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