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Viroid-derived small RNA induces early flowering in tomato plants by RNA silencing.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 Nov 2018
Adkar-Purushothama Charith Raj, Sano Teruo, Perreault Jean-Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Viroid infection often leads to early flowering in the host plant. This report describes the targeting of the FRIGIDA-like protein 3 (FRL3) mRNA in tomato plants by a small RNA derived from the conserved left terminal region of the potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd). This targeting leads to the silencing of the FRL3 mRNA. Viroid infection assays using a severe variant of PSTVd induced early flowering in tomato...
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