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Programmed cell death correlates with virus transmission in a filamentous fungus.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Nov 2002
Biella Silvia, Smith Myron L, Aist James R, Cortesi Paolo, Milgroom Michael G
Abstract excerpt
Programmed cell death (PCD) is an essential part of the defence response in plants and animals against pathogens. Here, we report that PCD is also involved in defence against pathogens of fungi. Vegetative incompatibility is a self/non-self recognition system in fungi that results in PCD when cells of incompatible strains fuse. We quantified the frequency of cell death associated with six vegetative...
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