Loss and Retention of RNA Interference in Fungi and Parasites

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nicolás, Francisco E ^a,b   Torres Martínez, Santiago ^a   Ruiz Vázquez, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Regional Campus of International Excellence Campus Mare Nostrum ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MYCOSIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALS; EXOSOMES; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOLOGIC SURVEILLANCE; MICRORNAS; PARASITES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VIRUSES;

EID: 84875082069     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003089     Document Type: Article

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