Hyphal heterogeneity in Aspergillus oryzae is the result of dynamic closure of septa by Woronin bodies

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1334-1344

  Bleichrodt, Robert Jan ^a   van Veluw, G Jerre ^a   Recter, Brand ^a   Maruyama, Jun Ichi ^b   Kitamoto, Katsuhiko ^b   Wösten, Han A B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AGUA GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLAA GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WORONIN BODY;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CYTOPLASM; GENE DELETION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGANELLES;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI;

EID: 84870978783     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12077     Document Type: Article

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