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Fungal incompatibility: evolutionary origin in pathogen defense?
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Nov 2009
Paoletti Mathieu, Saupe Sven J
Abstract excerpt
In fungi, cell fusion between genetically unlike individuals triggers a cell death reaction known as the incompatibility reaction. In Podospora anserina, the genes controlling this process belong to a gene family encoding STAND proteins with an N-terminal cell death effector domain, a central NACHT domain and a C-terminal WD-repeat domain. These incompatibility genes are extremely polymorphic, subject to positive...
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