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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ye R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5110219 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecular cell 20151217 2
DNA methylation directed by 24-nucleotide (nt) small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) plays critical roles in gene regulation and transposon silencing in Arabidopsis. 24-nt siRNAs are known to be processed from double-stranded RNAs by Dicer-like 3 (DCL3) and loaded into the effector Argonaute 4 (AGO4). Here we report a distinct class of siRNAs independent of DCLs (sidRNAs). sidRNAs are present as ladders of ∼ 20-60 nt in length, often having the same 5' ends but differing in 3' ends by 1-nt steps. We f ...[more]