CDC-42 and RAC-1 regulate opposite chemotropisms in Neurospora crassa

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1953-1965

  Lichius, Alexander ^a,b   Goryachev, Andrew B ^a   Fricker, Mark D ^c   Obara, Boguslaw ^d   Castro Longoria, Ernestina ^b   Read, Nick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CDC 42; Cell fusion; Chemotropism; Conidial anastomosis tube; CRIB; Directional tip growth; Neurospora crassa; RAC 1

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 6 [2 [[4 (DIETHYLAMINO) 1 METHYLBUTYL]AMINO] 6 METHYL 4 PYRIMIDINYL] 2 METHYLQUINOLINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUSION; CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE DELETION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MYCELIUM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPISM; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84899746698     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.141630     Document Type: Article

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