The role of flotillin FloA and stomatin StoA in the maintenance of apical sterol-rich membrane domains and polarity in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1136-1152

  Takeshita, Norio ^a   Diallinas, George ^b   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOA PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; STOA PROTEIN; STOB PROTEIN; STOMATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL POLARITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STEROLS;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84858290090     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.07996.x     Document Type: Article

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