Table 1

Conserved proteins involved in PTGS

Protein family
N. crassa
C. elegans
A. thaliana

RdRP
QDE-1
EGO-1
SGS2/SDE1
Piwi/Sting
QDE-2
RDE-1
?
WRN protein
QDE-3
MUT-7
?

Gene names in full: EGO, enhancer of glp-1; MUT, mutator; QDE, quelling defective; RDE, RNAi defective; RdRP, RNA-directed RNA polymerase; SDE, silencing defective; SGS, suppressor of gene silencing; WRN, Werner's syndrome.

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