RNA editing system: Balancing altruistic antiviral defense and fitness trade‐offs in fungi
Yanfei Du, Daohong Jiang, Huiquan Liu · 2025
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Description
Yanfei Du, Daohong Jiang, and Huiquan Liu review how RNA editing works in fungi and why it may help or harm them. Editing changes a letter in an RNA copy after it is made from DNA. One common form swaps one base for another that the cell then reads as a different base, so one gene can make more than one form of a protein.
The review contrasts the animal system, which uses a family of enzymes, with a fungal system found in recent work. In fungi the editing is tied to sex and growth, and it may aid defense against viruses. The authors weigh that gain against costs to growth and health. Readers get a plain guide to a trade-off that shapes how fungi adapt.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yanfei Du, Daohong Jiang, Huiquan Liu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |