Transcriptional control and protein specialization have roles in the functional diversification of two dicer-like proteins in Magnaporthe oryzae

Genetics. 2008 Oct;180(2):1245-9. doi: 10.1534/genetics.108.093922. Epub 2008 Sep 14.

Abstract

Quantitative RT-PCR and overexpression studies of two Dicer-like proteins, MoDcl1 and MoDcl2, in Magnaporthe oryzae indicated that the functional diversification of the MoDcl1 and MoDcl2 proteins in RNA-mediated gene silencing pathways was likely to have arisen from both transcriptional control and protein specialization.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fungal Proteins / genetics*
  • Fungal Proteins / metabolism
  • Genetic Variation
  • Magnaporthe / enzymology
  • Magnaporthe / genetics*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Ribonuclease III / genetics*
  • Ribonuclease III / metabolism
  • Transcription, Genetic*

Substances

  • Fungal Proteins
  • Ribonuclease III