Genetic studies on the physiological role of CORVET in Aspergillus nidulans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 364, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  López Berges, Manuel S ^a,c   Arst, Herbert N ^a,b   Pinar, Mario ^a   Peñalva, Miguel A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; CORVET; endosome; filamentous fungi; RAB GTPase; vacuole

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063654821     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnx065     Document Type: Article

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