Role of MicroRNA-Like RNAs in the Regulation of Spore Morphological Differences in the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium acridum.

ABSTRACT: Metarhizium acridum is an important microbial pesticide. Conidia (CO) and blastospores (BS) are two types of spores that occur in different patterns in the M. acridum life cycle and exhibit significant differences in cell morphology, structure, and activity. It may suggest that the fungus has a complex gene regulation mechanism. While previous studies on the differences between CO and BS have mainly focused on cell structure and application, little is known regarding the differences between CO and BS in fungi on the transcriptome levels. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs crucial to gene regulation and cell function. Understanding the miRNA-like RNAs (milRNA) and mRNA expression profiles related to cell growth and cellular morphological changes would elucidate the ro

SUBMITTER: Zhang E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9608168 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature