Cells live in a chemical environment and are able to orient towards chemical cues.
Unicellular haploid fungal cells communicate by secreting pheromones to reproduce …

Accurate decoding of spatial chemical landscapes is critical for many cell functions.
Eukaryotic cells decode local chemical gradients to orient growth or movement in productive …

Fungi exhibit an enormous variety of morphologies, including yeast colonies, hyphal
mycelia, and elaborate fruiting bodies. This diversity arises through a combination of polar …

Microbubbles are famed for their large surface area-to-volume ratio, with the promise of
intensification of interfacial phenomena, highlighted by more rapid gas exchange. However …

Many cells adjust the direction of polarized growth or migration in response to external
directional cues. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae orient their cell fronts (also called …

Fusarium wilt disease of banana, caused by the notorious soil-borne pathogen Fusarium
oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4), is extremely difficult to manage …

Cells' ability to track chemical gradients is integral to many biological phenomena, including
fertilization, development, accessing nutrients, and combating infection. Mating of the yeast …

Many cells detect and follow gradients of chemical signals to perform their functions. Yeast
cells use gradients of extracellular pheromones to locate mating partners, providing a …

Cell-cell communication through diffusible signals allows distant cells to coordinate
biological functions. Such coordination depends on the signal landscapes generated by …

Yeast use the G-protein–coupled receptor signaling pathway to detect and track the mating
pheromone. The G-protein–coupled receptor pathway is inhibited by the regulator of G …