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Four plant Dicers mediate viral small RNA biogenesis and DNA virus induced silencing.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Jan 2006
Blevins Todd, Rajeswaran Rajendran, Shivaprasad Padubidri V, Beknazariants Daria, Si-Ammour Azeddine, Park Hyun-Sook, Vazquez Franck, Robertson Dominique, Meins Frederick, Hohn Thomas, Pooggin Mikhail M
Abstract excerpt
Like other eukaryotes, plants use DICER-LIKE (DCL) proteins as the central enzymes of RNA silencing, which regulates gene expression and mediates defense against viruses. But why do plants like Arabidopsis express four DCLs, a diversity unmatched by other kingdoms? Here we show that two nuclear D...
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