MicroRNAs from the parasitic plant Cuscuta campestris target host messenger RNAs

Nature

Volumn 553, Issue 7686, 2018, Pages 82-85

  Shahid, Saima ^a,b   Kim, Gunjune ^c   Johnson, Nathan R ^a,b   Wafula, Eric ^b   Wang, Feng ^a,b,e   Coruh, Ceyda ^a,b,f   Bernal Galeano, Vivian ^c   Phifer, Tamia ^d   Depamphilis, Claude W ^a,b   Westwood, James H ^c   Axtell, Michael J ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; PLANT RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; HERB; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PARASITIC PLANT; PROTEIN; RNA; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA CAMPESTRIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITIC PLANT; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA CAMPESTRIS; CUSCUTEAE; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CUSCUTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 85040194933     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature25027     Document Type: Article

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