Conservation and host-specific expression of non-tandemly repeated heterogenous ribosome RNA gene in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

T Maeda, Y Kobayashi, T Nakagawa, T Ezawa… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The ribosomal RNA-encoding gene (rDNA) has a characteristic genomic nature: tens to
thousands of copies in a genome, tandemly repeated structure, and intragenomic sequence …

Evidence of non-tandemly repeated rDNAs and their intragenomic heterogeneity in Rhizophagus irregularis

T Maeda, Y Kobayashi, H Kameoka, N Okuma… - Communications …, 2018 - nature.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) species are some of the most widespread symbionts of
land plants. Our much improved reference genome assembly of a model AMF, Rhizophagus …

In silico analysis of fungal small RNA accumulation reveals putative plant mRNA targets in the symbiosis between an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and its host plant

A Silvestri, V Fiorilli, L Miozzi, GP Accotto, M Turina… - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Small RNAs (sRNAs) are short non-coding RNA molecules (20–30 nt)
that regulate gene expression at transcriptional or post-transcriptional levels in many …

Conserved proteins of the RNA interference system in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizoglomus irregulare provide new insight into the evolutionary history of …

SJ Lee, M Kong, P Harrison… - Genome Biology and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an important mechanism in the evolution of many living
organisms particularly in Prokaryotes where genes are frequently dispersed between taxa …

[HTML][HTML] Different genetic sources contribute to the small RNA population in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Gigaspora margarita

A Silvestri, M Turina, V Fiorilli, L Miozzi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
RNA interference (RNAi) is a key regulatory pathway of gene expression in almost all
eukaryotes. This mechanism relies on short non-coding RNA molecules (sRNAs) to …

Intra‐isolate genome variation in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi persists in the transcriptome

E Boon, E Zimmerman, BF Lang… - Journal of evolutionary …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are heterokaryotes with an unusual genetic makeup.
Substantial genetic variation occurs among nuclei within a single mycelium or isolate. AMF …

Ultra-low input transcriptomics reveal the spore functional content and phylogenetic affiliations of poorly studied arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

D Beaudet, ECH Chen, S Mathieu, G Yildirir… - DNA …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are a group of soil microorganisms that establish
symbioses with the vast majority of land plants. To date, generation of AMF coding …

Comparative genome-wide analysis of extracellular small RNAs from the mucormycosis pathogen Rhizopus delemar

M Liu, GO Bruni, CM Taylor, Z Zhang, P Wang - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Rhizopus delemar is an emerging fungal pathogen causing devastating mucormycosis in
immunocompromised individuals. The organism remains understudied and there are urgent …

Chromosome Level Genome Assemblies of Rhizophagus irregularis Strains Reveal Genome Evolution and Nuclear Structure in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

G Yildirir - 2022 - ruor.uottawa.ca
The quality of the available genome assemblies directly dictates the quality of thegenome
analyses one can perform on a given species. If the aim is to study the mode of evolutionand …

A targeted bioinformatics approach identifies highly variable cell surface proteins that are unique to Glomeromycotina

CJ Schultz, Y Wu, U Baumann - Mycorrhiza, 2022 - Springer
Diversity in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) contributes to biodiversity and resilience in
natural environments and healthy agricultural systems. Functional complementarity exists …