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Cell fusion in the filamentous fungus, Neurospora crassa.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2008
Fleissner André, Simonin Anna R, Glass N Louise
Abstract excerpt
Hyphal fusion occurs at different stages in the vegetative and sexual life cycle of filamentous fungi. Similar to cell fusion in other organisms, the process of hyphal fusion requires cell recognition, adhesion, and membrane merger. Analysis of the hyphal fusion process in the model organism Neurospora crassa using fluorescence and live cell imaging as well as cell and molecular biological techniques has begun to...
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