Identification of microRNA-like RNAs in mycelial and yeast phases of the thermal dimorphic fungus Penicillium marneffei.

• Main Authors: Susanna K P Lau (Author), Wang-Ngai Chow (Author), Annette Y P Wong (Author), Julian M Y Yeung (Author), Jessie Bao (Author), Na Zhang (Author), Si Lok (Author), Patrick C Y Woo (Author), Kwok-Yung Yuen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Penicillium marneffei is the most important thermal dimorphic fungus causing systemic mycosis in China and Southeast Asia. While miRNAs are increasingly recognized for their roles in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in animals and plants, miRNAs in fungi were less well...