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Hex-1, a gene unique to filamentous fungi, encodes the major protein of the Woronin body and functions as a plug for septal pores.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B - 1 Dec 2000
Tenney K, Hunt I, Sweigard J, Pounder J I, McClain C, Bowman E J, Bowman B J
Abstract excerpt
We have identified a gene, named hex-1, that encodes the major protein in the hexagonal crystals, or Woronin bodies, of Neurospora crassa. Analysis of a strain with a null mutation in the hex-1 gene showed that the septal pores in this organism were not plugged when hyphae were damaged, leading t...
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