Establishment of Neurospora crassa as a model organism for fungal virology

Shinji Honda; Ana Eusebio-Cope; Shuhei Miyashita; Ayumi Yokoyama; Annisa Aulia; Sabitree Shahi; Hideki Kondo; Nobuhiro Suzuki

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19355-y

Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Establishment of Neurospora crassa as a model organism for fungal virology

Shinji Honda,
Ana Eusebio-Cope,
Shuhei Miyashita,
Ayumi Yokoyama,
Annisa Aulia,
Sabitree Shahi,
Hideki Kondo,
Nobuhiro Suzuki

Affiliations

Shinji Honda: Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui
Ana Eusebio-Cope: Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki
Shuhei Miyashita: Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
Ayumi Yokoyama: Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui
Annisa Aulia: Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki
Sabitree Shahi: Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki
Hideki Kondo: Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki
Nobuhiro Suzuki: Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19355-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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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 fungus as a model for the study of host-virus interactions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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