In Vitro Transcription Activities of Pol IV, Pol V, and RDR2 Reveal Coupling of Pol IV and RDR2 for dsRNA Synthesis in Plant RNA Silencing

Molecular Cell

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 811-818

  Haag, Jeremy R ^a,b   Ream, Thomas S ^c,e   Marasco, Michelle ^a   Nicora, Carrie D ^d   Norbeck, Angela D ^d   Pasa Tolic, Ljiljana ^d   Pikaard, Craig S ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; CYTOSINE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PLANT RNA; PRIMER RNA; PROTEIN POL IV; PROTEIN POL V; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; DNA STRAND; IN VITRO STUDY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALPHA-AMANITIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84870942752     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.09.027     Document Type: Article

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