Conservative production of galactosaminogalactan in Metarhizium is responsible for appressorium mucilage production and topical infection of insect hosts

Mei, LJ; Wang, XW; Yin, Y; Tang, GR; Wang, CS

Wang, CS (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Plant Physiol & Ecol, CAS Ctr Excellence Mol Plant Sci, CAS Key Lab Insect Dev & Evolutionary Biol, Shanghai, Peoples R China.; Wang, CS (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Ctr Excellence Biot Interact, Beijing, Peoples R China.; Wang, CS (corresponding author), ShanghaiTech Univ, Sch Life Sci & Technol, Shanghai, Peoples R China.

PLOS PATHOGENS, 2021; 17 (6):

Abstract

The exopolysaccharide galactosaminogalactan (GAG) has been well characterized in Aspergilli, especially the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. It h......

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