Microtubule dynamics and the role of molecular motors in Neurospora crassa

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 683-692

  Uchida, Maho ^a   Mouriño Pérez, Rosa R ^b   Freitag, Michael ^c   Bartnicki García, Salomon ^b   Roberson, Robert W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic instability; Dynein; Green fluorescent protein; Kinesin; Live cell imaging

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; EPSILON NKIN PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MOLECULAR MOTOR; RO 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; MICROTUBULE; MUTANT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

DYNEIN ATPASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPHAE; KINESIN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

EUKARYOTA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 41649110322     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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