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mating projection

Known as: conjugation tube, shmoo, shmoo tip 
OBSOLETE. The characteristic projection formed in response to mating pheromone by cells of Saccharomyces and other fungi with similar life cycles… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Genes Selectively Up-Regulated by Pheromone in White Cells Are Involved in Biofilm Formation in Candida albicans
To mate, MTL-homozygous strains of the yeast pathogen Candida albicans must switch from the white to opaque phase. Mating… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Unique Aspects of Gene Expression during Candida albicans Mating and Possible G1 Dependency
ABSTRACT Taking advantage of the high frequency of conjugation tube formation in mating mixtures and α-pheromone-treated a/a… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Characterization of the MFα pheromone of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans
Cryptococcus neoformans is an important human pathogenic fungus with a defined sexual cycle and well‐developed molecular and… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Morphogenesis beyond Cytokinetic Arrest in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
The budding yeast lyt1 mutation causes cell lysis. We report here that lyt1 is an allele of cdc15, a gene which encodes a protein… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Calmodulin concentrates at regions of cell growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Calmodulin was localized in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by indirect immunofluorescence using affinity-purified polyclonal antibodies… 
1975
1975
Fungal fimbriae. II. Their role in conjugation in Ustilago violacea.
During conjugation in the anther smut fungus Ustilago violacea cells of opposite mating type first pair tightly and then develop… 
1974
1974
Conjugation in ustilago violacea. I. Morphology.
Conjugation in the anther smut fungus, Ustilago violacea, is described and five stages are characterized viz. (i) intimate… 
1965
1965
Biochemical and Cellular Changes Occurring During Conjugation in Hansenula wingei
Brock, Thomas D. (Indiana University, Bloomington). Biochemical and cellular changes occurring during conjugation in Hansenula… 
1965
1965
Electron Microscopy of Cell Fusion in Conjugating Hansenula wingei
Conti, S. F. (Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H.), and T. D. Brock. Electron microscopy of cell fusion in conjugating… 
1961
1961
Physiology of the conjugation process in the yeast Hansenula wingei.
SUMMARY: The yeast Hansenula wingei is a favourable organism for study of the physiology of the conjugation process (cell fusion… 
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