However, most fungi use a different form of cell division ... we knew this technique would change the way we study the cell biology of non-model organisms," said Shah, who brought back the ...

A bacterium makes a molecule that kills drug-resistant fungi in an unusual way — by targeting various phospholipid molecules ...

Yeasts and filamentous fungi are extensively used as model organisms for eukaryotic genetic research, including cell cycle regulation, chromatin structure, genetic recombination and gene regulation.

The tips of these fungi grow by synthesizing new cell wall on the extending side, but scientists have puzzled over how they control growth through such tight spaces. Norio Takeshita of the University ...

Their cell structure is simpler than the cells of animals, plants and fungi. Size Most are 5 μm - 100 μm. Most are 0.2 μm - 2.0 μm. Outer layers of cell Cell membrane, surrounded by cell wall ...