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A single Argonaute gene is required for induction of RNA silencing antiviral defense and promotes viral RNA recombination.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Oct 2009
Sun Qihong, Choi Gil H, Nuss Donald L
Abstract excerpt
Dicer gene dcl2, required for the RNA silencing antiviral defense response in the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, is inducible upon mycovirus infection and promotes viral RNA recombination. We now report that the antiviral defense response requires only one of the four C. parasitica Argonaute-like protein genes, agl2. The agl2 gene is required for the virus-induced increase in dcl2 transcript...
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