Biogenesis, function, and applications of virus-derived small RNAs in plants

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Chao ^a   Wu, Zujian ^a   Li, Yi ^b   Wu, Jianguo ^a,b  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AGOs; DCLs; Plant antiviral defense; RDRs; RNA silencing; Small RNAs; Virus derived small RNAs

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DICER; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; PROTEIN P19; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; S PHASE KINASE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DERIVED SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; AULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; BIOGENESIS; CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYMBIDIUM; DNA METHYLATION; GEMINIVIRIDAE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; POTATO SPINDLE TUBER VIROID; REVIEW; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS; TURNIP CRINKLE VIRUS; TURNIP YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS; VIRAL GENETICS;

EID: 84949753610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01237     Document Type: Review

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