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. 2022 Dec 21;9(1):10. doi: 10.3390/jof9010010

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Long double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) are transferred to the plants. These are cut into small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) by fungal DCL proteins or plant Dicer-like proteins. The siRNA molecules bind to the complementary sequence of the target mRNA, resulting in its degradation.