Small RNA deep sequencing reveals role for Arabidopsis thaliana RNA-dependent RNA polymerases in viral siRNA biogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Qi, Xiaopeng ^a,c   Bao, Forrest Sheng ^b   Xie, Zhixin ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CAPSID PROTEIN; CLEAVAGE AND POLYADENYLATION SPECIFICITY FACTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PLANT RNA; PROTEIN RDR1; PROTEIN RDR6; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; THROMBIN RECEPTOR ACTIVATING PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; VIRAL PLANT DISEASE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENOME, VIRAL; PLANT DISEASES; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 63449094751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004971     Document Type: Article

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