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 …

Fungal hyphae extend by apical growth. This process involves the polarized traffic of
secretory vesicles to the Spitzenkörper (SPK) and their subsequent distribution to specific …

The multiple functions of lysosomes are critically dependent on their ability to undergo
bidirectional movement along microtubules between the center and the periphery of the cell …

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 …

Hyphae represent a hallmark structure of multicellular fungi. The evolutionary origins of
hyphae and of the underlying genes are, however, hardly known. By systematically …

The genome sequences of the basidiomycete Agaricomycetes species Coprinopsis cinerea,
Laccaria bicolor, Schizophyllum commune, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, and Postia …

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 …

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

The maize pathogen Ustilago maydis has to undergo various morphological transitions for
the completion of its sexual life cycle. For example, haploid cells respond to pheromone by …