Cryophilic fungi to denote fungi in the cryosphere

MicroRNA biology in fungi

RNA processing is essential factor for synthesis of functional and structural proteins in eukaryote cells. In eukaryote organisms it will be initiated with transcription of DNA in nucleolus and terminated to mRNA translation in cytoplasm, finally mRNA degraded. Protein synthesis followed as different steps, includes 5' capping, poly adenylating, processing and transferring from nucleolus to cyt...

Additions to the knowledge of smut fungi (Ustilaginomycetes) of Iran

Five smut fungi viz. Microbotryum scorzonerae on Scorzonera caliculata, Sporisorium aristidae-lanuginosae on Stipagrostisplumosa, Sporisorium desertorum on Lasiurus sindicus, Sporisorium foveolati on Dichanthium foveolatum,and Sporisorium vanderystii on Hyparrhenia hirta are reported for the first time for Iranian mycobiota. Sporisorium foveolati is also probably new to Asia. Bellevalia saviczi...

The Fungi

Additions to Galapagos Fungi

IN CONNECTION with the investigations on tropical deterioration conducted by the Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army, opportunity was afforded for a brief visit to South Seymour Island, in the Galapagos group, in early September, 1945, in company with Dr. E. S. Barghoorn and Mr. R. T. Darby. Traveling by plane from the Canal Zone, we also made short stops at Salinas, Ecuador, and Tala...

Adaptive immunity to fungi.

Only a handful of the more than 100,000 fungal species on our planet cause disease in humans, yet the number of life-threatening fungal infections in patients has recently skyrocketed as a result of advances in medical care that often suppress immunity intensely. This emerging crisis has created pressing needs to clarify immune defense mechanisms against fungi, with the ultimate goal of therape...