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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Oryza sativa
SUBMITTER: Ningning Wang
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-58007 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Wang Ningning N Zhang Di D Wang Zhenhui Z Xun Hongwei H Ma Jian J Wang Hui H Huang Wei W Liu Ying Y Lin Xiuyun X Li Ning N Ou Xiufang X Zhang Chunyu C Wang Ming-Bo MB Liu Bao B
BMC plant biology 20140630
<h4>Background</h4>Endogenous small (sm) RNAs (primarily si- and miRNAs) are important trans/cis-acting regulators involved in diverse cellular functions. In plants, the RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RDRs) are essential for smRNA biogenesis. It has been established that RDR2 is involved in the 24 nt siRNA-dependent RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway. Recent studies have suggested that RDR1 is involved in a second RdDM pathway that relies mostly on 21 nt smRNAs and functions to silence ...[more]