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Aspergillus nidulans septin AspB plays pre- and postmitotic roles in septum, branch, and conidiophore development.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Jan 2002
Westfall Patrick J, Momany Michelle
Abstract excerpt
Members of the septin family of proteins act as organizational scaffolds in areas of cell division and new growth in a variety of organisms. Herein, we show that in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans, the septin AspB is important for cellular division, branching, and conidiation both pre- and postmitotically. AspB localizes postmitotically to the septation site with an underlying polarity that is evident...
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