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(2015) Endogenous small RNA mediates meiotic
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Transcription of the major Neurospora crassa
microRNA-like small RNAs relies on RNA polymerase III. PLoS Genet 9:e1003227
Yang Q, Ye QA, Liu Y (2015) Mechanism of siRNA
production from repetitive DNA. Genes Dev
29:526–537
Yu J, Lee K-M, Cho WK, Park JY, Kim K-H (2018)
Differential contribution of RNAi components in
response to distinct Fusarium graminearum virus
infections. J Virol 92:e01756–e01717
Zambon RA, Vakharia VN, Wu LP (2006) RNAi is an
antiviral immune response against a dsRNA virus
in Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Microbiol
8:880–889
Zhang X, Nuss DL (2008) A host dicer is required for
defective viral RNA production and recombinant
virus vector RNA instability for a positive sense
RNA virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci 105:16749–16754
Zhang X, Segers GC, Sun Q, Deng F, Nuss DL (2008)
Characterization of hypovirus-derived small RNAs
generated in the chestnut blight fungus by an
inducible DCL-2-dependent pathway. J Virol
82:2613–2619
Zhang Z, Chang SS, Zhang Z, Xue Z, Zhang H, Li S, Liu
Y (2013) Homologous recombination as a mechanism to recognize repetitive DNA sequences in an
RNAi pathway. Genes Dev 27:145–150
Zhang T, Zhao YL, Zhao JH, Wang S, Jin Y, Chen ZQ,
Fang YY, Hua CL, Ding SW, Guo HS (2016) Cotton
plants export microRNAs to inhibit virulence gene
expression in a fungal pathogen. Nat Plants
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Genetics 193:1163–1174
Wang Y, Smith KM, Taylor JW, Freitag M, Stajich JE
(2015) Endogenous small RNA mediates meiotic
silencing of a novel DNA transposon. G3
(Bethesda) 5:1949–1960
Wang M, Weiberg A, Lin FM, Thomma BPHJ, Da
Huang H, Jin H (2016) Bidirectional crosskingdom RNAi and fungal uptake of external
RNAs confer plant protection. Nat Plants 2:1–10
Wei W, Ba Z, Gao M, Wu Y, Ma Y, Amiard S, White CI,
Danielsen JMR, Yang YG, Qi Y (2012) A role for
small RNAs in DNA double-strand break repair.
Cell 149:101–112
Weiberg A, Jin H (2015) Small RNAs-the secret agents
in the plant-pathogen interactions. Curr Opin
Plant Biol 26:87–94
Weiberg A, Wang M, Lin FM, Zhao H, Zhang Z,
Kaloshian I, Da Huang H, Jin H (2013) Fungal
small RNAs suppress plant immunity by hijacking host RNA interference pathways. Science
342:118–123
Weiberg A, Bellinger M, Jin H (2015) Conversations
between kingdoms: small RNAs. Curr Opin Biotechnol 32:207–215
Wilkins C, Dishongh R, Moore SC, Whitt MA, Chow M,
Machaca K (2005) RNA interference is an antiviral
defence mechanism in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Nature 436:1044–1047
Wong LH, Choo KHA (2004) Evolutionary dynamics of
transposable elements at the centromere. Trends
Genet 20:611–616
Xiao H, Alexander WG, Hammond TM, Boone EC,
Perdue TD, Pukkila PJ, Shiu PKT (2010) QIP, a
protein that converts duplex siRNA into single
strands, is required for meiotic silencing by
unpaired DNA. Genetics 186:119–126
Yadav V, Sun S, Billmyre RB, Thimmappa BC, Shea T,
Lintner R, Bakkeren G, Cuomo CA, Heitman J,
Sanyal K (2018) RNAi is a critical determinant of
centromere evolution in closely related fungi. Proc
Natl Acad Sci 115:201713725
Yang Q, Li L, Xue Z, Ye Q, Zhang L, Li S, Liu Y (2013)
Transcription of the major Neurospora crassa
microRNA-like small RNAs relies on RNA polymerase III. PLoS Genet 9:e1003227
Yang Q, Ye QA, Liu Y (2015) Mechanism of siRNA
production from repetitive DNA. Genes Dev
29:526–537
Yu J, Lee K-M, Cho WK, Park JY, Kim K-H (2018)
Differential contribution of RNAi components in
response to distinct Fusarium graminearum virus
infections. J Virol 92:e01756–e01717
Zambon RA, Vakharia VN, Wu LP (2006) RNAi is an
antiviral immune response against a dsRNA virus
in Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Microbiol
8:880–889
Zhang X, Nuss DL (2008) A host dicer is required for
defective viral RNA production and recombinant
virus vector RNA instability for a positive sense
RNA virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci 105:16749–16754
Zhang X, Segers GC, Sun Q, Deng F, Nuss DL (2008)
Characterization of hypovirus-derived small RNAs
generated in the chestnut blight fungus by an
inducible DCL-2-dependent pathway. J Virol
82:2613–2619
Zhang Z, Chang SS, Zhang Z, Xue Z, Zhang H, Li S, Liu
Y (2013) Homologous recombination as a mechanism to recognize repetitive DNA sequences in an
RNAi pathway. Genes Dev 27:145–150
Zhang T, Zhao YL, Zhao JH, Wang S, Jin Y, Chen ZQ,
Fang YY, Hua CL, Ding SW, Guo HS (2016) Cotton
plants export microRNAs to inhibit virulence gene
expression in a fungal pathogen. Nat Plants
2:16153
122
F. E. Nicola ´s et al.