Fungal morphogenesis, from the polarized growth of hyphae to complex reproduction and infection structures

M Riquelme, J Aguirre, S Bartnicki-García… - Microbiology and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Filamentous fungi constitute a large group of eukaryotic microorganisms that grow by
forming simple tube-like hyphae that are capable of differentiating into more-complex …

The state of the septin cytoskeleton from assembly to function

BL Woods, AS Gladfelter - Current opinion in cell biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Septins are conserved guanine nucleotide-binding proteins that polymerize into filaments at
the cell cortex or in association with other cytoskeletal proteins, such as actin or …

The structural biology of septins and their filaments: an update

IA Cavini, DA Leonardo, HVD Rosa… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In order to fully understand any complex biochemical system from a mechanistic point of
view, it is necessary to have access to the three-dimensional structures of the molecular …

Blebs promote cell survival by assembling oncogenic signalling hubs

AD Weems, ES Welf, MK Driscoll, FY Zhou… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Most human cells require anchorage for survival. Cell–substrate adhesion activates diverse
signalling pathways, without which cells undergo anoikis—a form of programmed cell death …

Micron-scale plasma membrane curvature is recognized by the septin cytoskeleton

AA Bridges, MS Jentzsch, PW Oakes… - Journal of Cell …, 2016 - rupress.org
Cells change shape in response to diverse environmental and developmental conditions,
creating topologies with micron-scale features. Although individual proteins can sense …

Cytoskeletal dynamics: a view from the membrane

M Bezanilla, AS Gladfelter, DR Kovar, WL Lee - Journal of Cell Biology, 2015 - rupress.org
Many aspects of cytoskeletal assembly and dynamics can be recapitulated in vitro; yet, how
the cytoskeleton integrates signals in vivo across cellular membranes is far less understood …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal model systems and the elucidation of pathogenicity determinants

E Perez-Nadales, MFA Nogueira, C Baldin… - Fungal genetics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Fungi have the capacity to cause devastating diseases of both plants and animals, causing
significant harvest losses that threaten food security and human mycoses with high mortality …

Membrane reshaping by micrometric curvature sensitive septin filaments

A Beber, C Taveneau, M Nania, FC Tsai… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Septins are cytoskeletal filaments that assemble at the inner face of the plasma membrane.
They are localized at constriction sites and impact membrane remodeling. We report in vitro …

A revised order of subunits in mammalian septin complexes

DC Mendonça, JN Macedo, SL Guimaraes… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Septins are GTP binding proteins considered to be novel components of the cytoskeleton.
They polymerize into filaments based on hexameric or octameric core particles in which two …

Septin form and function at the cell cortex

AA Bridges, AS Gladfelter - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2015 - ASBMB
Septins are GTP-binding proteins that form filaments and higher-order structures on the cell
cortex of eukaryotic cells and associate with actin and microtubule cytoskeletal networks …