title: RNA-mediated gene silencing in monokaryons and dikaryons of Schizophyllum commune.
abstract: Disruption of genes by homologous recombination occurs at a low frequency in the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune. For instance, the SC3 and SC15 genes were inactivated at frequencies of 1 and 5%, respectively. As an alternative to disruption, we used gene silencing through the introduction of a hairpin construct. The SC15 gene, which encodes an abundantly secreted structural protein, was silenced at a frequency of 80% in monokaryons of S. commune after introduction of a hairpin construct of the gene. Silencing also occurred in dikaryons in which one of the partners was not a silenced strain. The silencing mechanism resembles RNAi in other filamentous fungi and is a powerful tool for the functional analysis of genes expressed in monokaryons or dikaryons.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Institute of Biomembranes, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: de Jong
authors.forename: Heine J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Deelstra
authors.forename: Han A B
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Wösten
authors.forename: Luis G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Lugones
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D034622:RNA Interference; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012567:Schizophyllum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins