Title: | Chemotropic sensing in fungus-plant interactions |
Address: | "Departamento de Genetica, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario ceiA3, Universidad de Cordoba, 14071 Cordoba, Spain. Departamento de Genetica, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario ceiA3, Universidad de Cordoba, 14071 Cordoba, Spain. Electronic address: ge3tutud@uco.es" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.07.004 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-0356 (Electronic) 1369-5266 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Growth of fungal hyphae is guided by a variety of chemical gradients, including nutrients, mating pheromones or host compounds. Over 100 years after chemotropism was first reported in fungus-plant interactions, our knowledge on the host signals, fungal receptors and cellular pathways is still rudimentary. Genetic analysis in the model organisms Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Neurospora crassa has provided valuable insights into the chemotropic machinery of the fungal hypha. Moreover, recent studies in the root-infecting pathogen Fusarium oxysporum reveal an unanticipated complexity in chemotropic sensing of nutrient sources, peptide pheromones and host plant signals" |
Keywords: | "Fungal Proteins/*metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal Neurospora crassa/metabolism/physiology Plant Roots/metabolism/microbiology Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism/physiology;" |
Notes: | "MedlineTurra, David Di Pietro, Antonio eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review England 2015/08/08 Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2015 Aug; 26:135-40. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.07.004. Epub 2015 Aug 3" |