Hyphal morphogenesis: An evolutionary perspective

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 475-484

  Harris, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Evolution; Hyphae; Morphogenesis; Polarized growth

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOGENESIS; POLARIZATION; YEAST;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MORPHOGENESIS;

FUNGI;

EID: 79957871104     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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