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Fungal small RNAs suppress plant immunity by hijacking host RNA interference pathways.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 4 Oct 2013
Weiberg Arne, Wang Ming, Lin Feng-Mao, Zhao Hongwei, Zhang Zhihong, Kaloshian Isgouhi, Huang Hsien-Da, Jin Hailing
Abstract excerpt
Botrytis cinerea, the causative agent of gray mold disease, is an aggressive fungal pathogen that infects more than 200 plant species. Here, we show that some B. cinerea small RNAs (Bc-sRNAs) can silence Arabidopsis and tomato genes involved in immunity. These Bc-sRNAs hijack the host RNA interfe...
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