Establishment of Neurospora crassa as a model organism for fungal virology

The fungus Neurospora crassa is a model organism for the study of various biological processes, but it is not known to be infected by any viruses. Here, Honda et al. identify RNA viruses that infect N. crassa and examine viral replication and RNAi-mediated antiviral responses, thus establishing this...

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Main Authors: Shinji Honda, Ana Eusebio-Cope, Shuhei Miyashita, Ayumi Yokoyama, Annisa Aulia, Sabitree Shahi, Hideki Kondo, Nobuhiro Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19355-y