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MicroRNAs from the parasitic plant Cuscuta campestris target host messenger RNAs.
Nature - 3 Jan 2018
Shahid Saima, Kim Gunjune, Johnson Nathan R, Wafula Eric, Wang Feng, Coruh Ceyda, Bernal-Galeano Vivian, Phifer Tamia, dePamphilis Claude W, Westwood James H, Axtell Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Dodders (Cuscuta spp.) are obligate parasitic plants that obtain water and nutrients from the stems of host plants via specialized feeding structures called haustoria. Dodder haustoria facilitate bidirectional movement of viruses, proteins and mRNAs between host and parasite, but the functional effects of these movements are not known. Here we show that Cuscuta campestris haustoria accumulate high levels of many...
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