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Uncovering RNAi mechanisms in plants: Biochemistry enters the foray
Author(s) -
Qi Yijun,
Han Gregory J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.08.035
Subject(s) - rna interference , effector , biology , gene silencing , rna silencing , transposable element , computational biology , microbiology and biotechnology , psychological repression , genetics , rna , genome , gene expression , gene
In plants, the RNA interference (RNAi) machinery responds to a variety of triggers including viral infection, transgenes, repeated elements and transposons. All of these triggers lead to silencing outcomes ranging from mRNA degradation to translational repression to chromatin remodeling. Thus, plants offer us a potentially unique opportunity to understand the full range of RNAi effector mechanisms. In this review, we discuss the recent developments in our understanding of plant RNAi mechanisms from a biochemical perspective.