Journal of invertebrate pathology
Ascosphaera apis-derived microRNA-like RNAs mediate cross-kingdom regulation of gene expression in western honeybee larvae.
Xiaoxue Fan, Nian Fan, Tao Wu, Jing Kang, Jiarun Yang, Jing Tian, Xihan Luo, Dafu Chen, Jianfeng Qiu, Rui Guo
Published: 202610.1016/j.jip.2026.108534
Abstract
Chalkbrood fungus Ascosphaera apis (A. apis) produces miRNA-like small RNAs (milRNAs) that may modulate honey bee (Apis mellifera) larval biology through cross-kingdom RNA interference (ckRNAi). We identified 380, 106, 107, and 110 highly expressed m…
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