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The differentiation of specialized infection cells, called appressoria, from polarized germ tubes of the blast fungus , requires remarkable remodeling of cell polarity and architecture, yet our understanding of this process remains incomplete. Here we investigate the behavior and role of cell-end marker proteins in appressorium remodeling and hyphal branch emergence. We show that the SH3 domain-containing protein Tea4 is required for the normal formation of an F-actin ring at Tea1-GFP-labeled polarity nodes, which contributes to the remodeling of septin structures and repolarization of the appressorium. Further, we show that Tea1 localizes to a cortical structure during hyphal septation which, unlike contractil... More