Probing the growth dynamics of Neurospora crassa with microfluidic structures

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 493-505

  Held, Marie ^a   Edwards, Clive ^a   Nicolau, Dan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apical extension; Fungal branching; Fungal growth; Microfluidics; Neurospora crassa; PDMS; Ro 1 mutant

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS; GEOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; SURVIVAL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

HYPHAE; MICROFLUIDICS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 79957850649     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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