Morphogenesis and Pathogenicity in Fungi

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pérez Martín, José (Editor), Di Pietro, Antonio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Topics in Current Genetics, 22
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Medical microbiology.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Developmental biology.; Mycology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Biochemistry, general.; Developmental Biology.; Medical Microbiology.

Infectious fungal diseases continue to take their toll in terms of human suffering and enormous economic losses. Invasive infections by opportunistic fungal pathogens are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immuno-compromised individuals. At the same time, plant pathogenic fungi have devasta...

Table of Contents:

• Molecular basis of morphogenesis in fungi
• Tropic orientation responses of pathogenic fungi
• Hyphal fusion
• Signalling of infectious growth in Fusarium oxysporum
• Integrating Cdk signaling in Candida albicans environmental sensing networks
• Cell cycle and morphogenesis connections during the formation of the infective filament in Ustilago maydis
• Appressorium Function in Colletotrichum orbiculare and Prospect for Genome Based Analysis
• Morphogenesis in Candida albicans: How to stay focused
• Morphogenesis in Paracoccidioides brasiliensi
• Morphogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans
• Morphogenesis and infection in Botrytis cinere.-  Morphogenesis, growth and development of the grass symbiont Epichlöe festucae
• Cryptococcus-neutrophil interaction.-.