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Small RNAs in transgenic TaNAM-RNAi wheat plants

ABSTRACT: To explore the effect of stable RNAi on the small RNA (sRNA) population in wheat, we constructed a sRNA library from hexaploid wheat that expresses an RNAi construct under the 35S promoter that targets the endogenous NO APICAL MERISTEM (TaNAM) gene. The presence of this RNAi transgene causes a 40% reduction in expression of the target genes as measured by quantitative RT-PCR and significantly delays senescence and reduces remobilization of N, Fe, and Zn to the grain. RNA was extracted from flag-leaves of transgenic NAM-RNAi plants at 12 days post-anthesis. RNA was collected from a pool of flag-leaves from four plants.

ORGANISM(S): Triticum aestivum

SUBMITTER: Dario Cantu

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-22048 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Small RNAs, DNA methylation and transposable elements in wheat.

Cantu Dario D Vanzetti Leonardo S LS Sumner Adam A Dubcovsky Martin M Matvienko Marta M Distelfeld Assaf A Michelmore Richard W RW Dubcovsky Jorge J

BMC genomics 20100629

<h4>Background</h4>More than 80% of the wheat genome is composed of transposable elements (TEs). Since active TEs can move to different locations and potentially impose a significant mutational load, their expression is suppressed in the genome via small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs). sRNAs guide silencing of TEs at the transcriptional (mainly 24-nt sRNAs) and post-transcriptional (mainly 21-nt sRNAs) levels. In this study, we report the distribution of these two types of sRNAs among the different cla ...[more]

PMID: 20584339

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Small RNAs in transgenic TaNAM-RNAi wheat plants

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Small RNAs, DNA methylation and transposable elements in wheat.

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