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The ham-2 locus, encoding a putative transmembrane protein, is required for hyphal fusion in Neurospora crassa.
Genetics - 1 Jan 2002
Xiang Qijun, Rasmussen Carolyn, Glass N Louise
Abstract excerpt
Somatic cell fusion is common during organogenesis in multicellular eukaryotes, although the molecular mechanism of cell fusion is poorly understood. In filamentous fungi, somatic cell fusion occurs during vegetative growth. Filamentous fungi grow as multinucleate hyphal tubes that undergo frequent hyphal fusion (anastomosis) during colony expansion, resulting in the formation of a hyphal network. The molecular...
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