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Woronin body function in Magnaporthe grisea is essential for efficient pathogenesis and for survival during nitrogen starvation stress.
The Plant cell - 1 Jun 2004
Soundararajan Shanthi, Jedd Gregory, Li Xiaolei, Ramos-Pamploña Marilou, Chua Nam H, Naqvi Naweed I
Abstract excerpt
The Woronin body is a peroxisome-derived dense-core vesicle that is specific to several genera of filamentous ascomycetes, where it has been shown to seal septal pores in response to cellular damage. The Hexagonal peroxisome (Hex1) protein was recently identified as a major constituent of the Woronin body and shown to be responsible for self-assembly of the dense core of this organelle. Using a mutation in the...
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