The Spitzenkörper: A choreographer of fungal growth and morphogenesis

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-33

  Riquelme, Meritxell ^a   Sánchez León, Eddy ^a  

^a Scientific Research and High Education Center from Ensenada (CICESE)   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOCYST; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MACROMOLECULE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; ENDOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGUS GROWTH; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; CELL ORGANELLE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; ORGANELLES;

EID: 84901035959     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.04.003     Document Type: Review

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