"Messenger RNA just entered the chat": The next layer of cross-kingdom RNA transfer

Alessa Ruf; Silke Robatzek

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2023.12.002

"Messenger RNA just entered the chat": The next layer of cross-kingdom RNA transfer

Cell Host Microbe. 2024 Jan 10;32(1):7-8. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.12.002.

Authors

Alessa Ruf¹, Silke Robatzek²

Affiliations

¹ LMU Munich Biocenter, Großhadener Strasse 4, 82152 Planegg, DE, Germany.
² LMU Munich Biocenter, Großhadener Strasse 4, 82152 Planegg, DE, Germany. Electronic address: robatzek@bio.lmu.de.

PMID: 38211564
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.12.002

Abstract

Infectious fungi send small RNAs into plant cells to enhance their virulence by silencing defense-related genes. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Wang and colleagues show that full-length messenger RNA is transported in vesicles from plants to fungi, becoming translated by fungal ribosomes and reducing fungal pathogenicity.

MeSH terms

Gene Silencing*
Plant Diseases / microbiology
Plants / genetics
Plants / microbiology
RNA Interference
RNA*
RNA, Messenger

Substances

RNA
RNA, Messenger