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Hydrophobins and fungal infection of plants and animals
1Dept of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-2132, USA. dje0282@zeus.tamu.edu
Trends in Microbiology
|November 14, 1997
Abstract:
Hydrophobins are among the most important structural proteins produced by fungi. Their least-understood function is how they act to promote infection-related morphogenesis. Although the hydrophobin of at least one plant pathogen appears to be involved as a signal molecule in pathogenesis, a role for hydrophobins in animal pathogenesis has not been convincingly documented.