title: Convergent evolution of morphogenetic processes in fungi: Role of tetraspanins and NADPH oxidases 2 in plant pathogens and saprobes.
abstract: Convergent evolution of trophic life style and morphological characters are very common in the fungal kingdom. Recently, we have shown that the same molecular machinery containing a tetraspanin and a NADPH oxidase has been recruited in two different fungal species for the same purpose (exiting from a melanized re-enforced cell at a focal weakened point), but at different stages of their development (ascospore germination and appressorium mediated penetration). Although this molecular machinery is required at these key developmental steps, it is also likely involved in specialized cellular functions at other stages of fungal development, as shown here for nutrient acquisition by Podospora anserina.
authors.affiliation: UFR des Sciences du Vivant; Université de Paris 7 Diderot; Paris France.
authors.forename: Fabienne
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Malagnac
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bidard
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lalucque
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brun
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lambou
authors.forename: Marc-Henri
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lebrun
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Silar
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