The RHOl-specific GTPase-activating protein LRG1 regulates polar tip growth in parallel to Ndr kinase signaling in Neurospora

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4554-4569

  Vogt, Nico ^a   Seiler, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; ACTIN; CASPOFUNGIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; KINESIN 1; LATRUNCULIN A; LIM KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN LRG1; PROTEIN RHO1; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; IN VITRO STUDY; LETHALITY; MICROTUBULE; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL POLARITY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

CELL POLARITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 58149294002     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E07-12-1266     Document Type: Article

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