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Ptk2 contributes to osmoadaptation in the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B - 1 Dec 2009
Lew Roger R, Kapishon Vitaliy
Abstract excerpt
Hyphal tip-growing organisms often rely upon an internal hydrostatic pressure (turgor) to drive localized expansion of the cell. Regulation of the turgor in response to osmotic shock is mediated primarily by an osmotic MAP kinase cascade which activates osmolyte synthesis and ion uptake to effect turgor recovery. We characterized a Neurospora crassa homolog (PTK2) of ser/thr kinase regulators of ion transport in...
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