A Chitin Synthase with a Myosin-Like Motor Domain Is Essential for Hyphal Growth, Appressorium Differentiation, and Pathogenicity of the Maize Anthracnose Fungus Colletotrichum graminicola

Chitin synthesis contributes to cell wall biogenesis and is essential for invasion of solid substrata and pathogenicity of filamentous fungi. In contrast to yeasts, filamentous fungi contain up to 10 chitin synthases (CHS), which might reflect overlapping functions and indicate their complex lifesty...

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Main Authors: Stefan Werner, Janyce A. Sugui, Gero Steinberg, Holger B. Deising
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2007-12-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-20-12-1555