Identification of vacuole defects in fungi

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-163

  Richards, Andrea ^a   Gow, Neil A R ^a   Veses, Veronica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidification; Fungi; GFP; Live cell imaging; Microscopy; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ACIDIFICATION; CELL ASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL FUSION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; FUNGAL CELL; IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW;

FUNGI; HYPHAE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; VACUOLES;

FUNGI;

EID: 84865577899     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.08.002     Document Type: Review

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