Cosuppression is a silencing phenomenon triggered by the introduction of homologous
DNA sequences into the genomes of organisms as diverse as plants, fungi, flies, and …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a human fungal pathogen that undergoes a dimorphic
transition from yeast to hyphae during a-α opposite-sex mating and α-α unisexual …

Introduction of DNA sequences into the genome often results in homology-dependent gene
silencing in organisms as diverse as plants, fungi, flies, nematodes, and mammals. We …

RNAi is a ubiquitous pathway that serves central functions throughout eukaryotes, including
maintenance of genome stability and repression of transposon expression and movement …

The RNA interference (RNAi) mediated by homology-dependent degradation of the target
mRNA with small RNA molecules plays a key role in controlling transcription and translation …

Various ascomycete fungi possess sex-specific molecular mechanisms, such as repeat-
induced point mutations, meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA, and unusual adenosine-to …

The versatility of RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RDRPs) in eukaryotic gene silencing
is perhaps best illustrated in the kingdom Fungi. Biochemical and genetic studies of …

In Neurospora crassa, unpaired genes are silenced by a mechanism called meiotic
silencing by unpaired DNA (MSUD). Although some RNA interference proteins are …

Two RNA silencing-related phenomena, quelling and meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA
(MSUD) have been identified in the fungus Neurospora crassa. Similar to the case with the …

Proteins with homology to RNA-directed RNA polymerases function in post-transcriptional
gene silencing: in quelling in the fungus Neurospora crassa, RNAi in the nematode …