mBio (Jun 2021)

Soft but Not Too Soft—How a Rigid Tube Expands without Breaking

  • Valentin Wernet,
  • Satur Herrero,
  • Reinhard Fischer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00501-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 3

Abstract

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Fungi grow by apical extension of their hyphae. The continuous growth requires constant delivery of vesicles, which fuse with the membrane and secrete cell wall biosynthesis enzymes.