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However, the potential roles of RNAi in controlling fungal growth and development have been poorly studied, especially in the basidiomycetous yeast Cryptococcus deneoformans. To characterize the biological functions of RNAi in the pathogenic fungus, a comparative analysis of mRNA profiles using high-throughput sequencing technology was performed for the wild type and the RNAi mutants of C. deneoformans. The results revealed a clear difference in the expression of genes associated with metabolic processes in the RNAi mutants. Besides, the growth under nutrient-limited conditions was significantly reduced in the ago2\u0394 mutant, suggesting the essential roles of Ago2 in nutrient metabolism. Further investigations revealed the differentially expressed transporters in the RNAi mutants, in which transporters involved in fluconazole efflux were significantly up-regulated. More importantly, on account of the upregulated transporters, RNAi mutant strains developed resistance to fluconazole. By disrupting AFR1 gene using the \u2018suicide\u2019 CRISPR-Cas9 system, we verified that the upregulated ABC transporter Afr1 in the RNAi mutants contributed to the fluconazole resistance. 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