RNAi is a critical determinant of centromere evolution in closely related fungi

V Yadav, S Sun, RB Billmyre… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The centromere DNA locus on a eukaryotic chromosome facilitates faithful chromosome
segregation. Despite performing such a conserved function, centromere DNA sequence as …

Spore germination of pathogenic filamentous fungi

PCS Sephton-Clark, K Voelz - Advances in applied microbiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Fungi, algae, plants, protozoa, and bacteria are all known to form spores, especially
hardy and ubiquitous propagation structures that are also often the infectious agents of …

Differential contribution of RNA interference components in response to distinct Fusarium graminearum virus infections

J Yu, KM Lee, WK Cho, JY Park, KH Kim - Journal of virology, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The mechanisms of RNA interference (RNAi) as a defense response against viruses remain
unclear in many plant-pathogenic fungi. In this study, we used reverse genetics and virus …

Polymerase pausing induced by sequence-specific RNA-binding protein drives heterochromatin assembly

JY Parsa, S Boudoukha, J Burke, C Homer… - Genes & …, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, transcripts derived from the pericentromeric dg and dh
repeats promote heterochromatin formation via RNAi as well as an RNAi-independent …

Transposon-associated epigenetic silencing during Pleurotus ostreatus life cycle

A Borgognone, R Castanera, M Morselli… - DNA …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Transposable elements constitute an important fraction of eukaryotic genomes. Given their
mutagenic potential, host-genomes have evolved epigenetic defense mechanisms to limit …

Transcriptional Heterogeneity of Cryptococcus gattii VGII Compared with Non-VGII Lineages Underpins Key Pathogenicity Pathways

RA Farrer, CB Ford, J Rhodes, T Delorey, RC May… - Msphere, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcus gattii is a pathogenic yeast of humans and other animals which causes
disease predominantly in immunocompetent hosts. Infection begins when aerosolized yeast …

Construção e caracterização fenotípica de linhagem mutante para o gene putativo ALT1 de Cryptococcus neoformans

FF Ferreira - 2018 - icts.unb.br
Cryptococcus neoformans é um basidiomiceto caracterizado pela presença de cápsula
polissacarídica. Esse fungo é o agente patogênico da criptococose, uma doença …