Caleb Oliver Bedsole , Joseph G. Vasselli , Brian D. Shaw
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Abstract
Filamentous fungi rely on a finely tuned balance between exocytosis and endocytosis to maintain polarized growth. This review highlights the essential role of the subapical endocytic collar in recycling excess plasma membrane and key proteins, enabling sustained hyphal extension. It distinguishes between clathrin-mediated and AP-2–dependent clathrin-independent pathways, emphasizing their unique contributions to membrane homeostasis and cargo trafficking. The synthesis of quantitative imaging and genetic analyses provides a comprehensive framework for understanding vesicle dynamics, with implications for addressing fungal pathogenicity and industrial applications.
期刊介绍:
Fungal Genetics and Biology, formerly known as Experimental Mycology, publishes experimental investigations of fungi and their traditional allies that relate structure and function to growth, reproduction, morphogenesis, and differentiation. This journal especially welcomes studies of gene organization and expression and of developmental processes at the cellular, subcellular, and molecular levels. The journal also includes suitable experimental inquiries into fungal cytology, biochemistry, physiology, genetics, and phylogeny.
Fungal Genetics and Biology publishes basic research conducted by mycologists, cell biologists, biochemists, geneticists, and molecular biologists.
Research Areas include:
• Biochemistry
• Cytology
• Developmental biology
• Evolutionary biology
• Genetics
• Molecular biology
• Phylogeny
• Physiology.