Symbiotic and pathogenic fungi may use similar molecular tools to manipulate plants
Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 15:33
in Biology & Nature
Symbiotic and pathogenic fungi that interact with plants are distantly related and don't share many genetic similarities. Comparing plant pathogenic fungi and plant symbiotic fungi, scientists at the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) have discovered that these remote relatives are using a similar group of proteins to manipulate and live within plants.