A Hydrophobin of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, is required for stromal pustule eruption.

doi:10.1128/EC.4.5.931-936.2005

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A Hydrophobin of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, is required for stromal pustule eruption.

Eukaryotic cell - 1 May 2005

Kazmierczak Pam, Kim Dae Hyuk, Turina Massimo, Van Alfen Neal K

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Hydrophobins are abundant small hydrophobic proteins that are present on the surfaces of many filamentous fungi. The chestnut blight pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica was shown to produce a class II hydrophobin, cryparin. Cryparin is the most abundant protein produced by this fungus when grown in liquid culture. When the fungus is growing on chestnut trees, cryparin is found only in the fungal fruiting body...

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Ascomycota
Fruiting Bodies, Fungal
Fungal Proteins
Gene Deletion
Membrane Proteins
Phenotype
Plant Bark
Plant Diseases

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PMID: 15879527
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.5.931-936.2005
PMCID: PMC1140098

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