Post-transcriptional small RNA pathways in plants: Mechanisms and regulations

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 759-771

  Vaucheret, Hervé ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

Author keywords

miRNAs; nat siRNAs; plant; ta siRNAs; viral siRNAs

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TRANSFER RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DROSOPHILA; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT VIRUSES; PLANTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33645528966     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1410506     Document Type: Review

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