Importance of MAP kinases during protoperithecial morphogenesis in Neurospora crassa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Lichius, Alexander ^a   Lord, Kathryn M ^a   Jeffree, Chris E ^a   Oborny, Radek ^a   Boonyarungsrit, Patid ^a   Read, Nick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BUDDING; CELL FUSION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PROTOPERITHECIAL MORPHOGENESIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VEGETATIVE STAGE; WILD TYPE;

CELL ADHESION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HYPHAE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84865013125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042565     Document Type: Article

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