Intra- and intercellular RNA interference in Arabidopsis thaliana requires components of the microRNA and heterochromatic silencing pathways

Nature Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 848-856

  Dunoyer, Patrice ^a   Himber, Christophe ^a   Ruiz Ferrer, Virginia ^a   Alioua, Abdelmalek ^a   Voinnet, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MICRORNA;

AGO4 GENE; ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DCL3 GENE; GENE; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; NRPD1A GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RDR2 GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SMD1 GENE; SMD2 GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HETEROCHROMATIN; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MICRORNAS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34347342782     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng2081     Document Type: Article

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