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Arabidopsis HEN1: a genetic link between endogenous miRNA controlling development and siRNA controlling transgene silencing and virus resistance.
Current biology : CB - 13 May 2003
Boutet Stéphanie, Vazquez Franck, Liu Jun, Béclin Christophe, Fagard Mathilde, Gratias Ariane, Morel Jean Benoit, Crété Patrice, Chen Xuemei, Vaucheret Hervé
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In animals, double-stranded short interfering RNA (siRNA) and single-stranded microRNA (miRNA) regulate gene expression by targeting homologous mRNA for cleavage or by interfering with their translation, respectively. siRNAs are processed from injected or transgene-derived, long, perfect double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), while miRNAs are processed from short, imperfect dsRNA precursors transcribed from endogenous...
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