Uncontrolled transposition following RNAi loss causes hypermutation and antifungal drug resistance in clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans

SJ Priest, V Yadav, C Roth, TA Dahlmann, U Kück… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Cryptococcus neoformans infections cause approximately 15% of AIDS-related deaths
owing to a combination of limited antifungal therapies and drug resistance. A collection of …

The RNA helicase Ski2 in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans highlights key roles in azoles resistance and stress tolerance

C Li, X Ma, L Ma, S Zhen, Y Na, P Zhang… - Medical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The yeast SKI (superkiller) complex was originally identified from cells that were infected by
the M 'killer'virus. Ski2, as the core of the SKI complex, is a cytoplasmic cofactor and …

Geosmin synthase ges1 knock‐down by siRNA in the dikaryotic fungus Tricholoma vaccinum

O Abdulsalam, N Ueberschaar… - Journal of Basic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic manipulation for generating knock‐out experiments is essential in deciphering the
precise function of a gene. However, dikaryotic fungi pose the inherent challenge of having …

[HTML][HTML] 真菌中RNA 干扰的生物学功能

赵轩, 邓竞, 马潇雨, 朱旭东, 张萍 - 微生物学报, 2022 - actamicro.ijournals.cn
RNA 干扰(RNA interference, RNAi) 是一种保守的真核生物基因调控机制,
它利用小的非编码RNA 介导转录/转录后的基因沉默. 虽然部分真菌丢失了RNAi 系统 …

Similar characteristics of siRNAs of plant viruses which replicate in plant and fungal hosts

T Pang, J Peng, R Bian, Y Liu, D Zhang, IB Andika… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary RNA silencing in fungi was shown to confer antiviral defense against plant
viruses. In this study, using high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatic analyses, we …

[PDF][PDF] S5.3a Unraveling the genetic determinants of virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

K Jackson, D Kisakye, M Macchietto, P Tiffen… - Medical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
S5. 3 Cellular pleomorphism and fungal virulence, September 22, 2022, 3: 00 PM-4: 30 PM
Cryptococcus neoformans is a human pathogenic basidiomycete yeast that can cause …

Investigating the role of RNAi and epigenetic modifications in the basidiomycetes yeast Cryptococcus deneoformans

C Scoynes - 2022 - era.ed.ac.uk
The basidiomycete yeasts from the Cryptococcus neoformans/gattii species complex are
major fungal pathogens and are particularly prevalent in the developing world. The species …

Cellular Coordinators: Mechanisms by Which Non-Enzymatic Proteins Contribute to Growth and Cell Surface Remodeling in the Human Fungal Pathogen …

CL Telzrow - 2022 - search.proquest.com
My thesis work has focused on characterizing mechanisms by which human fungal
pathogens regulate their adaptive cellular responses in order to survive and cause disease …

Roles of RNA interference and DNA mismatch repair in maintaining genomic integrity in Cryptococcus pathogens

SJ Priest - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Microorganisms must regulate genomic stability to strike a balance between excessive
deleterious mutation and evolutionary stagnation to successfully compete and endure within …

Yeast RNAi Machinery Maintains rRNA Homeostasis for Ribosomal Function by Generating sirRNAs to Suppress the Antisense Transcripts

C Li, P Zhang, L Huo, X Ma, X Hao, L Ma, Y Liu… - 2022 - researchsquare.com
The biological function of RNAi machinery in fungi appears puzzling. In yeast Cryptococcus
neoformans, we observed that RNAi-deficient mutants displayed diminished ribosome …