Ustilago maydis, a new fungal model system for cell biology

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 61-67

  Steinberg, Gero ^a,b   Perez Martin, Jose ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

BUDDING; CORN; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPAIR; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTROSPECTION; MAMMAL; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMUT (PLANT DISEASE); USTILAGO MAYDIS; YEAST;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL POLARITY; DNA REPAIR; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEOMICS; USTILAGO;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 39149133954     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2007.11.008     Document Type: Review

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