A septin from the filamentous fungus A. nidulans induces atypical pseudohyphae in the budding yeast S. cerevisiae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Lindsey, Rebecca ^a,b   Ha, Youngsil ^a   Momany, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; BNI1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; CDC10 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SEPTIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACTINS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CYTOSKELETON; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HETEROZYGOTE; HYPHAE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEPTINS;

EID: 79651475452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009858     Document Type: Article

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