Fungal biology: Growing into the air

doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00041-8

Current Biology

Volume 7, Issue 2, February 1997, Pages R78-R81

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Abstract

Fungi must grow into the air for reproduction and spore dispersal, and to do this their hyphae contain morphogenetic proteins that respond to the aerial environment. The recent discovery of ‘repellent’ proteins, however, suggests fungi have more than one mechanism for aerial development.

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NJ Talbot, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter, Washington Singer Laboratories, Perry Road, Exeter EX4 4QG, UK.

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