A gene encoding an RNase D exonuclease-like protein is required for post-transcriptional silencing in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 342-349

  Glazov, Eugene ^a   Phillips, Kenneth ^b,c   Budziszewski, Gregory J ^b,d   Meins Jr , Frederick ^a   Levin, Joshua Z ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c Clinical Data Inc   (United States)

^d BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

PTGS mutants; RNA interference; RNA silencing; RNase D exonuclease like domains; Werner Syndrome protein

Indexed keywords

GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

GENE ENCODING;

PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0041565109     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01810.x     Document Type: Article

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