Mutants defective in a Mucor circinelloides dicer-like gene are not compromised in siRNA silencing but display developmental defects

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 504-516

  Nicolás, Francisco E ^a   de Haro, Juan P ^a   Torres Martínez, Santiago ^a   Ruiz Vázquez, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

dicer gene; Gene disruption; Premature polyadenylation; RNA silencing; siRNA; Transgene induced gene silencing; Zygomycete

Indexed keywords

DICER; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFECT; FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GROWTH RATE; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE; ZYGOMYCETES;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCOR; MUTATION; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 34247624273     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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