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Roles of target site location and sequence complementarity in trans-acting siRNA formation in Arabidopsis.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jan 2012
Zhang Changqing, Ng Danny W-K, Lu Jie, Chen Z Jeffrey
Abstract excerpt
In plants, many mRNAs and non-coding RNAs are cleaved by RNA-induced silencing complexes. After cleavage, only a limited number of RNAs are processed into trans-acting siRNAs (tasiRNAs). One reason is that 22 nt small RNAs, but not the more common 21 nt small RNAs, can efficiently trigger tasiRNA formation. The characteristics of the target transcripts may also affect tasiRNA production. Here we report the...
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