Phenotype of a mechanosensitive channel mutant, mid-1, in a filamentous fungus, Neurospora crassa

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 647-655

  Lew, Roger R ^a   Abbas, Zohaib ^a   Anderca, Marinela I ^a   Free, Stephen J ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENETICS; MECHANORECEPTOR; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 42249084428     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00411-07     Document Type: Article

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