Active invasion of bacteria into living fungal cells

The rice seedling blight fungus Rhizopus microsporus and its endosymbiont Burkholderia rhizoxinica form an unusual, highly specific alliance to produce the highly potent antimitotic phytotoxin rhizoxin. Yet, it has remained a riddle how bacteria invade the fungal cells. Genome mining for potential s...

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Main Authors: Nadine Moebius, Zerrin Üzüm, Jan Dijksterhuis, Gerald Lackner, Christian Hertweck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2014-09-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/03007