E-cadherin cell–cell junctions couple the contractile cortices of epithelial cells together,
generating tension within junctions that influences tissue organization. Although junctional …

The cytoskeleton plays a major role in the regulation of fungal cell morphogenesis. The
fungal cytoskeleton is comprised of three polymers: F-actin, microtubules and septins. Due …

The study of proteins in dendritic processes within the living brain is mainly hampered by the
diffraction limit of light. STED microscopy is so far the only far-field light microscopy …

Soil‐inhabiting fungal pathogens use chemical signals to locate and colonise the host plant.
In the vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum, hyphal chemotropism towards tomato roots …

Pollen tube growth requires coordination of cytoskeletal dynamics and apical secretion. The
regulatory phospholipid phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-bisphosphate (PtdIns (4, 5) P2) is enriched …

Successful infection of the host requires secretion of effector proteins to evade or suppress
plant immunity. Secretion of effectors in root-infecting fungal pathogens, however, remains …

Calcineurin, a heterodimer composed of the catalytic (CnaA) and regulatory (CnaB)
subunits, plays key roles in growth, virulence and stress responses of fungi. To investigate …

Functionally different chromatin domains display distinct chemical marks. Constitutive
heterochromatin is commonly associated with trimethylation of lysine 9 on histone H3 …

Pollen tubes display polarized tip-growth and are a model to study the coordination of
vesicular trafficking and cytoskeletal control. The molecular details of how dynamic actin …

Cell polarization and fusion are crucial developmental processes that occur in response to
intracellular and extracellular signals. Asexual spores (conidia) of the mold Neurospora …