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Cell differentiation during sexual development of the fungus Sordaria macrospora requires ATP citrate lyase activity.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Jan 1999
Nowrousian M, Masloff S, Pöggeler S, Kück U
Abstract excerpt
During sexual development, mycelial cells from most filamentous fungi differentiate into typical fruiting bodies. Here, we describe the isolation and characterization of the Sordaria macrospora developmental mutant per5, which exhibits a sterile phenotype with defects in fruiting body maturation. Cytological investigations revealed that the mutant strain forms only ascus precursors without any mature spores....
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