Trapping toxins within lipid droplets is a resistance mechanism in fungi.

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Published in Sci Rep on October 14, 2015

Authors

Wenqiang Chang1, Ming Zhang1, Sha Zheng1, Ying Li1, Xiaobin Li1, Wei Li1, Gang Li1, Zhaomin Lin1, Zhiyu Xie1, Zuntian Zhao2, Hongxiang Lou1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, No. 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China.
2: College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, No. 88 East Wenhua Road, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China.

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