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A paragenetic perspective on integration of RNA silencing into the epigenome and its role in the biology of higher plants.
Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology - 1 Jan 2006
Jorgensen R A, Doetsch N, Müller A, Que Q, Gendler K, Napoli C A
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We describe features of RNA silencing and associated epigenetic imprints that illustrate potential roles for RNA interference (RNAi) in maintenance and transmission of epigenetic states between cells, throughout a plant, and perhaps even across sexual generations. Three types of transgenes can trigger RNAi of homologous endogenous plant genes: (1) "sense" transgenes that overexpress translatable transcripts, (2)...
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