Topic · Endocrinology · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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37 papers
Chien-Fu Wu, Ryo Okada, Uri Neri, Yi-Cheng Chang, Takashi Ogawara, Kentaro Kitaura, Ken Komatsu, Hiromitsu Moriyama
The paper identifies a novel icosahedral virus, FoIV1, challenging the classification of Deltaflexiviridae as capsidless and suggesting most deltaflexiviruses have icosahedral virions.
Virus Evolution · Jan 1, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology
Han Wang, Lakha Salaipeth, Naoyuki Miyazaki, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Kenta Okamoto
The paper resolves the atomic structure of RnMBV1, a fungal dsRNA virus, revealing unique capsid features that may aid in its use as a viro-control agent for plant disease.
bioRxiv · Sep 29, 2022 · PreprintMolecular Biology
Mark D. Lee, Jack W. Creagh, Lance R. Fredericks, Angela Crabtree, Jagdish Suresh Patel, Paul Andrew Rowley
The paper identifies and characterizes a novel totivirus, PmV-L-A, in the yeast Pichia membranifaciens, revealing structural and evolutionary relationships with other totiviruses.
bioRxiv · Jan 5, 2022 · PreprintMolecular Biology
Edoardo Piombo, Ramesh Raju Vetukuri, Anders Broberg, Pruthvi Balachandra Kalyandurg, Sandeep Kumar Kushwaha, Dan Funck Jensen, Magnus Karlsson, Mukesh K. Dubey
This study investigates the role of Dicer-dependent RNA interference in mycoparasitism by analyzing transcriptome and secondary metabolome changes in a dcl2 mutant of Clonostachys rosea, revealing cross-species regulatory functions of fungal small RNAs.
Microbiology Spectrum · Sep 22, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics
Lance R. Fredericks, Mark D. Lee, Angela Crabtree, Josephine M. Boyer, Emily A. Kizer, Nathan T. Taggart, Cooper R. Roslund, Samuel S. Hunter, Courtney B. Kennedy, Cody G. Willmore, Nova M. Tebbe, Jade S. Harris, Sarah N. Brocke, Paul Andrew Rowley
The paper identifies a novel family of killer toxins in Saccharomyces yeasts, showing their acquisition via horizontal gene transfer and diversification through positive selection and gene amplification.
PLoS Genetics · Feb 4, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetics
Kerrigan B. Gilbert, Emily E. Holcomb, Robyn L. Allscheid, James C. Carrington
The paper identifies 59 new mycoviral genomes from fungal transcriptomic datasets using RNA-seq data, revealing four new virus families and two new genera.
PLoS ONE · Jul 24, 2019Peer-reviewedGenomics
Jie Gao, Sabrina Chau, Fuad Chowdhury, Tina Zhou, Saif Hossain, G. Angus McQuibban, Marc D. Meneghini
This study shows that budding yeast uses a mitochondrial endonuclease homologue to attenuate a cytosolic virus during meiosis, revealing an ancestral role for apoptotic pathways in viral defense.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jul 2, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics