Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2202462 | Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology | 2016 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
To initiate pathogenic development, pathogenic fungi respond to a set of inductive cues. Some of them are of an extracellular nature (environmental signals), while others are intracellular (developmental signals). These signals must be integrated into a single response whose major outcome is changes in the morphogenesis of the fungus. The regulation of the cell cycle is pivotal during these cellular differentiation steps; therefore, cell cycle regulation would likely provide control points for infectious development by fungal pathogens. Here, we provide clues to understanding how the control of the cell cycle is integrated with the morphogenesis program in pathogenic fungi, and we review current examples that support these connections.
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Authors
José Pérez-Martín, Paola Bardetti, Sónia Castanheira, Antonio de la Torre, María Tenorio-Gómez,