The yeast cell wall is a strong, but elastic, structure that is essential not only for the
maintenance of cell shape and integrity, but also for progression through the cell cycle …

The wall gives a Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell its osmotic integrity; defines cell shape
during budding growth, mating, sporulation, and pseudohypha formation; and presents …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques provide a versatile platform for imaging and
manipulating living cells to single-molecule resolution, thereby enabling us to address …

The plant cell walls surrounding all plant cells are highly dynamic structures, which change
their composition and organization in response to chemical and physical stimuli originating …

Plants, like yeast, have the ability to monitor alterations in the cell wall architecture that occur
during normal growth or in changing environments and to trigger compensatory changes in …

In their natural habitats, unicellular fungal microbes are exposed to a myriad of mechanical
cues such as shear forces from fluid flow, osmotic changes, and contact forces arising from …

In industrial settings and processes, yeasts may face multiple adverse environmental
conditions. These include exposure to non-optimal temperatures or pH, osmotic stress, and …

The existence of specialized microdomains in plasma membranes, postulated for almost 25
years, has been popularized by the concept of lipid or membrane rafts. The idea that …

Owing to its detrimental effect on plant growth, salinity is an increasing worldwide problem
for agriculture. To understand the molecular mechanisms activated in response to salt in …

Candida species are part of the normal flora of humans, but once the immune system of the
host is impaired and they escape from commensal niches, they shift from commensal to …