The Hyphal Tip

Self and non-self recognition is important for fungi when hyphae interact fuse if they should compartmentalize and undergo apoptosis to kill the heterokaryoton or exchange nutrients. This process is part of cell defense and to limit to the movement of mycoviruses.

A paper in PLOS ONE describes the Genesis of Fungal Non-Self Repertoire.

We're at Asilomar mtg for Fungal Genetics 2007. We'll try and blog a bit about the interesting talks and data. I'm curious how many fungal geneticists are in fact reading blogs like these and if this medium will work for idea dissemination.