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An Ustilago maydis septin is required for filamentous growth in culture and for full symptom development on maize.
Eukaryotic cell - 1 Dec 2005
Boyce Kylie J, Chang Howard, D'Souza Cletus A, Kronstad James W
Abstract excerpt
During maize infection, the fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis undergoes a dimorphic transition from budding, yeast-like cells to a filamentous dikaryon that proliferates in the host. This transition is regulated by mating and environmental signals. Septation is likely to be important in the growth of the infectious dikaryon because of the need to maintain specific cellular compartments during dikaryotic growth....
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