Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Lipo-chitooligosaccharides as regulatory signals of fungal growth and development

  • Tomás Allen Rush,
  • Virginie Puech-Pagès,
  • Adeline Bascaules,
  • Patricia Jargeat,
  • Fabienne Maillet,
  • Alexandra Haouy,
  • Arthur QuyManh Maës,
  • Cristobal Carrera Carriel,
  • Devanshi Khokhani,
  • Michelle Keller-Pearson,
  • Joanna Tannous,
  • Kevin R. Cope,
  • Kevin Garcia,
  • Junko Maeda,
  • Chad Johnson,
  • Bailey Kleven,
  • Quanita J. Choudhury,
  • Jessy Labbé,
  • Candice Swift,
  • Michelle A. O’Malley,
  • Jin Woo Bok,
  • Sylvain Cottaz,
  • Sébastien Fort,
  • Verena Poinsot,
  • Michael R. Sussman,
  • Corinne Lefort,
  • Jeniel Nett,
  • Nancy P. Keller,
  • Guillaume Bécard,
  • Jean-Michel Ané

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17615-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Lipo-chitooligosaccharides (LCOs) are signaling molecules produced by certain bacteria and fungi that establish symbiotic relationships with plants. Here, the authors show that LCOs are produced also by many other, non-symbiotic fungi, and regulate fungal growth and development.