Article
Physcomitrella patens DCL3 is required for 22-24 nt siRNA accumulation, suppression of retrotransposon-derived transcripts, and normal development.
PLoS genetics - 1 Dec 2008
Cho Sung Hyun, Addo-Quaye Charles, Coruh Ceyda, Arif M Asif, Ma Zhaorong, Frank Wolfgang, Axtell Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Endogenous 24 nt short interfering RNAs (siRNAs), derived mostly from intergenic and repetitive genomic regions, constitute a major class of endogenous small RNAs in flowering plants. Accumulation of Arabidopsis thaliana 24 nt siRNAs requires the Dicer family member DCL3, and clear homologs of DCL3 exist in both flowering and non-flowering plants. However, the absence of a conspicuous 24 nt peak in the total RNA...
Topics
- Bryopsida
- Cytosine
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Methylation
- MicroRNAs
- Mutation
- Plant Proteins
- RNA, Plant
- RNA, Small Interfering
- Retroelements
- Ribonuclease III
