Eukaryotic cells create internal order by using protein motors to transport molecules and
organelles along cytoskeletal tracks. Recent genomic and functional studies suggest that …

We present an analysis of over 1,100 of the∼ 10,000 predicted proteins encoded by the
genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa. Seven major areas of …

Filamentous fungi are a large and evolutionarily successful group of organisms of enormous
ecological importance (27, 114). Fungi also have a considerable impact on our economy …

Prasher (42) cloned a cDNA for the green ffuorescent protein (GFP) gene from the jellyfish
Aequorea victoria in 1992. Shortly thereafter, to the amazement of many investigators, this …

The specific ability of the major human fungal pathogen Candida albicans, as well as many
other pathogenic fungi, to extend initial short filaments (germ tubes) into elongated hyphal …

Filamentous fungi are a large and ancient clade of microorganisms that occupy a broad
range of ecological niches. The success of filamentous fungi is largely due to their elongate …

One kind of the most extremely polarized cells in nature are the indefinitely growing hyphae
of filamentous fungi. A continuous flow of secretion vesicles from the hyphal cell body to the …

In the fungus Ustilago maydis, early endosomes move bidirectionally along microtubules
(MTs) and facilitate growth by local membrane recycling at the tip of the infectious hypha …

▪ Abstract Proteins of the kinesin superfamily utilize a conserved catalytic motor domain to
generate movements in a wide variety of cellular processes. In this review, we discuss the …

Long-distance transport of mRNAs is important in determining polarity in eukaryotes.
Molecular motors shuttle large ribonucleoprotein complexes (mRNPs) containing RNA …