A pericentrin-related protein homolog in Aspergillus nidulans plays important roles in nucleus positioning and cell polarity by affecting microtubule organization

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1520-1530

  Chen, Peiying ^a   Gao, Rongsui ^a   Chen, Shaochun ^b   Pu, Li ^a   Li, Pin ^a   Huang, Ying ^a   Lua, Ling ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CALMODULIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PERICENTRIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTIGENS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CALMODULIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; DOWN-REGULATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HYPHAE; MICROTUBULES;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84870405996     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00203-12     Document Type: Article

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