Functional characterization and cellular dynamics of the CDC-42 - RAC - CDC-24 module in neurospora crassa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Araujo Palomares, Cynthia L ^a   Richthammer, Corinna ^b   Seiler, Stephan ^b   Castro Longoria, Ernestina ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDC24 PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX;

ALLELE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DELETION MUTANT; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 80555148801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027148     Document Type: Article

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