... jecorina genome. Then, all putative hydrophobins, inclu-ding the newly identified hydrophobin from H. jecorina,were used to identify further proteins with similar domains, and finally all hypothetical ... Centre of Finland, Espoo, FinlandHydrophobins are small proteins thought to be ubi-quitous in filamentous fungi. They are usually presenton the outer surfaces of cell walls of hyphae and coni-dia. ... Here, they mediate interactions between the fun-gus and the environment, such as surface recognitionduring pathogenic interactions with plants, insects orother fungi, and also in symbiosis. The...