{
  "id": 2501086,
  "title": "Botrytis virus X ORF2 suppresses RNA silencing in a trigger-restricted manner and modulates is associated with altered Dicer-like gene expression in Botrytis cinerea",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/botrytis-virus-x-orf2-suppresses-rna-silencing-in-a-trigger",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-21T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.20.746048v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "RNA interference (RNAi) is a central antiviral defense mechanism in fungi, yet relatively few mycoviral suppressors of RNA silencing (VSRs) have been functionally characterized, particularly in phytopathogenic hosts. Botrytis virus X (BVX), a positive-sense RNA virus in the family Alphaflexiviridae, infects Botrytis cinerea and encodes five predicted open reading frames (ORFs), most of which have…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}