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Molecular determinants of species-specific cell-cell recognition activating the class II gamete fusogen HAP2
Jennifer F. Pinello, Andres Ferrino-Iriarte, Hibba Hussain…·Eduard Baquero
The paper identifies molecular interactions between MAR1 and FUS1 that activate the HAP2 fusogen in Chlamydomonas gametes, revealing how species-specific adhesion initiates gamete fusion.