A non-classical PUF family protein in oomycetes functions as a pre-rRNA processing regulator and a target for RNAi-based disease control

• Hui Feng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hui Feng, Tianli Liu

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, China, Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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• Tianli Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hui Feng, Tianli Liu

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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• Chuanxu Wan,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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• Zhichao Zhang,

  Roles Investigation, Software

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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• Yuanchao Wang,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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• Xiaobo Zheng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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• Jie Wang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wangjie@caas.cn (JW); yeww@njau.edu.cn (WY)

  Affiliation Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, China

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• Wenwu Ye

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wangjie@caas.cn (JW); yeww@njau.edu.cn (WY)

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7347-8935

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