GFP as a tool to analyze the organization, dynamics and function of nuclei and microtubules in Neurospora crassa

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 897-910

  Freitag, Michael ^a   Hickey, Patrick C ^b,c   Raju, Namboori B ^d   Selker, Eric U ^a   Read, Nick D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b Dept of Mathematics and Statistics   (United Kingdom)

^c Edinburgh Technology Transfer Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Tubulin; Ascus development; Confocal microscopy; Green fluorescent protein; Histone H1; Meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; HETEROZYGOSITY; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTONES; HYPHAE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULES; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBULIN;

HELICOBACTER HEILMANNII TYPE 1; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 4444362481     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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