Coronin is a component of the endocytic collar of hyphae of neurospora crassa and is necessary for normal growth and morphogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Echauri Espinosa, Ramon O ^a   Callejas Negrete, Olga A ^a   Roberson, Robert W ^b   Bartnicki García, Salomon ^a   Mouriño Pérez, Rosa R ^a  

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

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; F ACTIN; FIMBRIN PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN CORONIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CORONIN PROTEINS;

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRN 1 GENE; ENDOCYTIC COLLAR; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL MORPHOGENESIS; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPITZENKORPER BEHAVIOR; ACTIN FILAMENT; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ENDOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HYPHAE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84861653735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038237     Document Type: Article

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