Regulation of vectorial supply of vesicles to the hyphal tip determines thigmotropism in Neurospora crassa

Fungal Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 287-294

  Stephenson, Karen S ^a   Gow, Neil A R ^b   Davidson, Fordyce A ^a   Gadd, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Contact guidance; Fungal growth; Orientation; Polarity signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FUNGUS; PROTEIN; SIGNAL; VESICLE; YEAST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

CALCIUM; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CONTACT GUIDANCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; ORIENTATION; POLARITY SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

CALCIUM; CONTACT GUIDANCE; FUNGAL GROWTH; ORIENTATION; POLARITY SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL POLARITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HYPHAE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT VESICLES;

EID: 84896718555     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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