| Literature DB >> 28319057 |
Kyungmin Baeg1,2, Hiro-Oki Iwakawa1,2, Yukihide Tomari1,2.
Abstract
It remains unclear how post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) in plants discriminates aberrant RNAs from canonical messenger RNAs (mRNAs). The key step of plant PTGS is the conversion of aberrant RNAs into double-stranded RNAs by RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE6 (RDR6). Here, we show that RDR6 itself selects aberrant poly(A)-less mRNAs over canonical polyadenylated mRNAs as templates at the initiation step of complementary strand synthesis. This mechanism can be viewed as an innate safeguard against 'self-attack' by PTGS.Mesh:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28319057 DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2017.36
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Plants ISSN: 2055-0278 Impact factor: 15.793