Fluorescent markers for the Spitzenkörper and exocytosis in Zymoseptoria tritici

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 158-165

  Guo, M ^a   Kilaru, S ^a   Schuster, M ^a   Latz, M ^a   Steinberg, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Hyphal tip; Mycosphaerella graminicola; Pathogenic fungi; Secretion; Septoria tritici blotch

Indexed keywords

EXO70 PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MLC1 PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; RAB11 PROTEIN; SEC4 PROTEIN; SPA2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; EXOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPITZENKORPER; WHEAT; ZYMOSEPTORIA TRITICI; ASCOMYCETES; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PROCEDURES; REPORTER GENE; STAINING;

FUNGI; MYCOSPHAERELLA GRAMINICOLA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ASCOMYCOTA; EXOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPHAE; OPTICAL IMAGING; ORGANELLES; PLANT DISEASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING; TRITICUM;

EID: 84937579639     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.04.014     Document Type: Article

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