Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 « The Hyphal Tip

The new definitive Cryptococcus book from Heitman et al comes out in October, order yours now from #ASM http://bit.ly/avK6uP 3 days ago
Identification of PEX33, a novel component of the peroxisomal docking complex in the filamentous fungus N. crassa. http://bit.ly/bbK6al 3 days ago
U.maydis Clp1 Protein Orchestrates Pheromone and b-Dependent Sig Pways to Coordinate Cell Cycle & Pathogenic Developmt. http://bit.ly/cx6LZL 3 days ago
Small RNA repertoire gen by plant/fungal-like machinery and effected by a metazoan-like Argonaute in T gondii. http://bit.ly/9mwhbL 3 days ago
High variability in MAT linked region in the dry rot fungus Serpula lacrymans caused by frequency-dependent selection? http://bit.ly/9YtvW7 3 days ago
A novel class of peptide pheromone precursors in ascomycetous fungi http://bit.ly/dsWQqX 3 days ago
Sordaria macrospora, a model organism to study fungal cellular development. http://bit.ly/bdQwJm 3 days ago
Blog post on 'Ants found to use multiple antibiotics as "weed" killers' http://bit.ly/9FuYgr reviewing the paper http://bit.ly/dpKtZN 3 days ago
Conserved Fungal LysM Effector Ecp6 Prevents Chitin-Triggered Immunity in Plants. http://bit.ly/bgkSvl & blogged review http://bit.ly/9Mjnun 3 days ago
Job:Comparative Transcriptomics of Symbiosis in Amanita in Pringle lab at Harvard - http://bit.ly/du7RiG http://bit.ly/afSiGo 6 days ago
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Stem rust

By Jason Stajich, on April 29th, 2008

Spread of wheat rust Puccinia strain Ug99 and consequences on already strained food supplies is discussed in an Op-Ed piece covered in GeneticMaize [...]