Neurospora crassa hyphal filaments treated with fluorescently labelled siRNA (amber) to determine its localisation, with respect to nuclei (blue) and the fungal cell wall and septa (cyan). Scale bar = 5 µm. These experiments assessed the viability of siRNA as an anti-fungal treatment in pathogens. (Image courtesy of Ms Mireille Van Der Torre).

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