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DICER-LIKE3 activity in Physcomitrella patens DICER-LIKE4 mutants causes severe developmental dysfunction and sterility.
Molecular plant - 1 Nov 2012
Arif M Asif, Fattash Isam, Ma Zhaorong, Cho Sung Hyun, Beike Anna K, Reski Ralf, Axtell Michael J, Frank Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
Trans-acting small interfering RNAs (ta-siRNAs) are plant-specific siRNAs released from TAS precursor transcripts after microRNA-dependent cleavage, conversion into double-stranded RNA, and Dicer-dependent phased processing. Like microRNAs (miRNAs), ta-siRNAs direct site-specific cleavage of target RNAs at sites of extensive complementarity. Here, we show that the DICER-LIKE 4 protein of Physcomitrella patens...
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