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Evidence for large complex networks of plant short silencing RNAs.
PloS one - 26 Mar 2010
MacLean Daniel, Elina Nataliya, Havecker Ericka R, Heimstaedt Susanne B, Studholme David J, Baulcombe David C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In plants and animals there are many classes of short RNAs that carry out a wide range of functions within the cell; short silencing RNAs (ssRNAs) of 21-25 nucleotides in length are produced from double-stranded RNA precursors by the protein Dicer and guide nucleases and other proteins to their RNA targets through base pairing interactions. The consequence of this process is degradation of the...
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