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However, the sensory mechanisms underlying these processes remain unclear. Here, using the adhesive network-forming\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Arthrobotrys oligospora<\/jats:italic>\n                      and the CR-forming\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Drechslerella dactyloides<\/jats:italic>\n                      as representative NTF, we identify a conserved fungal MSL channel containing a unique N-terminal intrinsically disordered region.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">msl<\/jats:italic>\n                      expression is induced during predation, especially at the early stages for\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">A. oligospora<\/jats:italic>\n                      and late stages for\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">D. dactyloides<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Genetic depletion of MSL channels impaired sporulation, growth, and nematode-induced trap formation, specifically abolishing CR inflation in\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">D. dactyloides<\/jats:italic>\n                      . After nematode stimulation, the MSL channel translocated from the plasma membrane to the cytoplasm and activated Ca\n                      <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                      -dependent signaling pathways that regulate transcriptional regulation, signal transduction, cytoskeleton organization, and metabolic reprogramming. 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