The Neurospora crassa exocyst complex tethers Spitzenkörper vesicles to the apical plasma membrane during polarized growth

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1312-1326

  Riquelme, Meritxell ^a   Bredeweg, Erin L ^b   Callejas Negrete, Olga ^a   Roberson, Robert W ^c   Ludwig, Sarah ^d   Beltrán Aguilar, Alejandro ^a   Seiler, Stephan ^d   Novick, Peter ^e   Freitag, Michael ^b  

^a Department of Microbiology Center for Scientific Research Higher Education of Ensenada   (Mexico)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; EXOCYST; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACTIN FILAMENT; EXOCYTOSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SECRETORY VESICLE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; EXOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MICROTUBULES; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SECRETORY VESICLES; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84901049925     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E13-06-0299     Document Type: Article

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