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Self/Non-self Recognition: Microbes Playing Hard to Get

Fungi can fuse with other individuals to enable cooperative growth, although this process is restricted by certain self/non-self recognition systems. A novel layer of compatibility has now been discovered, acting at the stage of germling cell wall fusion, showing the remarkable complexity of allorec...

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Published in:Current biology 2019-09, Vol.29 (18), p.R866-R868
Main Author: Dyer, Paul S.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Fungi can fuse with other individuals to enable cooperative growth, although this process is restricted by certain self/non-self recognition systems. A novel layer of compatibility has now been discovered, acting at the stage of germling cell wall fusion, showing the remarkable complexity of allorecognition in fungi. Fungi can fuse with other individuals to enable cooperative growth, although this process is restricted by certain self/non-self recognition systems. A novel layer of compatibility has now been discovered, acting at the stage of germling cell wall fusion showing the remarkable complexity of allorecognition in fungi.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.001