RNA interference pathways in fungi: mechanisms and functions

SS Chang, Z Zhang, Y Liu - Annual review of microbiology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
RNA interference (RNAi) is a conserved eukaryotic gene regulatory mechanism that uses
small noncoding RNAs to mediate posttranscriptional/transcriptional gene silencing. The …

The evolutionary significance of RNAi in the fungal kingdom

C Lax, G Tahiri, JA Patiño-Medina… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
RNA interference (RNAi) was discovered at the end of last millennium, changing the way
scientists understood regulation of gene expression. Within the following two decades, a …

The RNAi universe in fungi: a varied landscape of small RNAs and biological functions

S Torres-Martínez… - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
RNA interference (RNAi) is a conserved eukaryotic mechanism that uses small RNA
molecules to suppress gene expression through sequence-specific messenger RNA …

RNAi function, diversity, and loss in the fungal kingdom

RB Billmyre, S Calo, M Feretzaki, X Wang… - Chromosome …, 2013 - Springer
RNAi is conserved and has been studied in a broad cross-section of the fungal kingdom,
including Neurospora crassa, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Cryptococcus neoformans …

Chemosensitization of Fusarium graminearum to Chemical Fungicides Using Cyclic Lipopeptides Produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Strain JCK-12

K Kim, Y Lee, A Ha, JI Kim, AR Park, NH Yu… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Fusarium head blight (FHB) caused by infection with Fusarium graminearum leads to
enormous losses to crop growers, and may contaminate grains with a number of Fusarium …

Genome-wide exonic small interference RNA-mediated gene silencing regulates sexual reproduction in the homothallic fungus Fusarium graminearum

H Son, AR Park, JY Lim, C Shin, YW Lee - PLoS genetics, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Various ascomycete fungi possess sex-specific molecular mechanisms, such as repeat-
induced point mutations, meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA, and unusual adenosine-to …

Different components of the RNA interference machinery are required for conidiation, ascosporogenesis, virulence, deoxynivalenol production, and fungal inhibition …

FY Gaffar, J Imani, P Karlovsky, A Koch… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In filamentous fungi, gene silencing through RNA interference (RNAi) shapes many
biological processes, including pathogenicity. We explored the requirement of key …

Functional diversity of RNAi-associated sRNAs in fungi

FE Nicolás, RM Ruiz-Vázquez - International journal of molecular …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Yeast and filamentous fungi have been essential model systems for unveiling the secrets of
RNA interference (RNAi). Research on these organisms has contributed to identifying …

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 …

A non-canonical RNAi pathway controls virulence and genome stability in Mucorales

C Pérez-Arques, MI Navarro-Mendoza, L Murcia… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Epimutations in fungal pathogens are emerging as novel phenomena that could explain the
fast-developing resistance to antifungal drugs and other stresses. These epimutations are …