Previously believed to be plant or fungi, these giant organisms may have been a now-extinct fourth type of life.

A new multi-institutional study led by researchers at Michigan State University has characterized how fungi adapt to restructure their cell walls, effectively thwarting current antifungal medications.

Outer layers of cell Cell membrane, surrounded by cell wall in plants and fungi. Cell membrane ... are no mitochondria or chloroplasts. Genetic material DNA in a nucleus, plasmids are found ...

The study demonstrates that this RNAi approach shuts down vital fungal genes, thereby inhibiting pathogen growth - a ...

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 ...