Aspergillus myosin-V supports polarized growth in the absence of microtubule-based transport

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Tan, Kaeling ^b   Wu, Xufeng ^c   Chen, Guifang ^a   Sun, Jinjin ^c,d,e   Reck Peterson, Samara L ^b   Hammer, John A ^c   Xiang, Xin ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d River Hill High School   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN 1; KINESIN 3; MYOSIN V; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENOMYL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; KINESIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CROSS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BENOMYL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL POLARITY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPHAE; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MUTATION; MYOSIN TYPE V; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 83355168015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028575     Document Type: Article

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