The Predicted Mannosyltransferase GT69-2 Antagonizes RFW-1 To Regulate Cell Fusion in Neurospora crassa

Yang Li; Jens Heller; A. Pedro Gonçalves; N. Louise Glass

doi:10.1128/mBio.00307-21

mBio (Apr 2021)

The Predicted Mannosyltransferase GT69-2 Antagonizes RFW-1 To Regulate Cell Fusion in Neurospora crassa

Yang Li,
Jens Heller,
A. Pedro Gonçalves,
N. Louise Glass

Affiliations

Yang Li: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Jens Heller: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
A. Pedro Gonçalves: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
N. Louise Glass: ORCiD; Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00307-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 2

Abstract

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Cell wall remodeling is a dynamic process that balances cell wall integrity versus cell wall dissolution. In filamentous fungi, cell wall dissolution is required for somatic cell fusion and conidial separation during asexual sporulation.

Published in mBio

ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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