Six hydrophobins are involved in hydrophobin rodlet formation in Aspergillus nidulans and contribute to hydrophobicity of the spore surface.

Hydrophobins are amphiphilic proteins able to self-assemble at water-air interphases and are only found in filamentous fungi. In Aspergillus nidulans two hydrophobins, RodA and DewA, have been characterized, which both localize on the conidiospore surface and contribute to its hydrophobicity. RodA i...

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Main Authors: André Grünbacher, Tanja Throm, Constanze Seidel, Beatrice Gutt, Julian Röhrig, Timo Strunk, Paul Vincze, Stefan Walheim, Thomas Schimmel, Wolfgang Wenzel, Reinhard Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3983194?pdf=render