Article
AtXRN4 degrades mRNA in Arabidopsis and its substrates include selected miRNA targets.
Molecular cell - 23 Jul 2004
Souret Frédéric F, Kastenmayer James P, Green Pamela J
Abstract excerpt
Messenger RNA degradation is an essential step in gene expression that can be regulated by siRNAs or miRNAs. However, most of our knowledge of in vivo eukaryotic mRNA degradation mechanisms derives from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which lacks miRNAs and RNAi capability. Using reverse genetic and microarray analyses, we have identified multiple substrates of AtXRN4, the Arabidopsis homolog of the major yeast mRNA...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Exoribonucleases
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Silencing
- Leucine Zippers
- MicroRNAs
- Mutation
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Plant Proteins
- Plants, Genetically Modified
