Electrical phenotypes of calcium transport mutant strains of a filamentous fungus, Neurospora crassa

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 694-702

  Hamam, Ahmed ^a   Lew, Roger R ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYANIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOPLASM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MICROELECTRODE; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYANIDES; CYTOPLASM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPHAE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROELECTRODES; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; VACUOLAR PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84860333369     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.05329-11     Document Type: Article

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