An alpha tubulin mutation suppresses nuclear migration mutations in Aspergillus nidulans.

doi:10.1093/genetics/141.4.1287

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An alpha tubulin mutation suppresses nuclear migration mutations in Aspergillus nidulans.

Genetics - 1 Dec 1995

Willins D A, Xiang X, Morris N R

Abstract excerpt

Microtubules and cytoplasmic dynein, a microtubule-dependent motor, are required for nuclei to move along the hyphae of filamentous fungi. Nuclear migration in Aspergillus nidulans is blocked by heat-sensitive (hs-) mutations in the nudA gene, which encodes dynein heavy chain, and the nudF gene,...

Topics

Aspergillus nidulans
Benomyl
Cell Nucleus
Cold Temperature
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Genes, Suppressor
Mutation
Tubulin

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