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Identification of precursor transcripts for 6 novel miRNAs expands the diversity on the genomic organisation and expression of miRNA genes in rice.
BMC plant biology - 2 Dec 2008
Lacombe Séverine, Nagasaki Hiroshi, Santi Carole, Duval David, Piégu Benoît, Bangratz Martine, Breitler Jean-Christophe, Guiderdoni Emmanuel, Brugidou Christophe, Hirsch Judith, Cao Xiaofeng, Brice Claire, Panaud Olivier, Karlowski Wojciech M, Sato Yutaka, Echeverria Manuel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The plant miRNAs represent an important class of endogenous small RNAs that guide cleavage of an mRNA target or repress its translation to control development and adaptation to stresses. MiRNAs are nuclear-encoded genes transcribed by RNA polymerase II, producing a primary precursor that is subsequently processed by DCL1 an RNase III Dicer-like protein. In rice hundreds of miRNAs have been described...
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