Characterizing the Roles of Cryphonectria parasitica RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase-Like Genes in Antiviral Defense, Viral Recombination and Transposon Transcript Accumulation

Dong-Xiu Zhang; Martin J. Spiering; Donald L. Nuss

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108653

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Characterizing the Roles of Cryphonectria parasitica RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase-Like Genes in Antiviral Defense, Viral Recombination and Transposon Transcript Accumulation

Dong-Xiu Zhang,

Affiliation Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research and Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Martin J. Spiering,

Affiliation Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research and Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Donald L. Nuss

* E-mail: dnuss@umd.edu

Affiliation Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research and Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Characterizing the Roles of Cryphonectria parasitica RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase-Like Genes in Antiviral Defense, Viral Recombination and Transposon Transcript Accumulation

Dong-Xiu Zhang,
Martin J. Spiering,
Donald L. Nuss

Published: September 30, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108653

About the Authors

Dong-Xiu Zhang

Affiliation Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research and Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Martin J. Spiering

Affiliation Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research and Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Donald L. Nuss

* E-mail: dnuss@umd.edu

Affiliation Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research and Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: D-XZ MJS DLN. Performed the experiments: D-XZ MJS DLN. Analyzed the data: D-XZ MJS DLN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: D-XZ MJS DLN. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: D-XZ MJS DLN.

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