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RNAi in Plants: An Argonaute-Centered View

Author(s) -

Xiaofeng Fang,

Yijun Qi

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the plant cell

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324

H-Index - 341

eISSN - 1532-298X

pISSN - 1040-4651

DOI - 10.1105/tpc.15.00920

Subject(s) - argonaute , biology , rna interference , transposable element , effector , function (biology) , rasirna , computational biology , genetics , caenorhabditis elegans , gene , microbiology and biotechnology , rna , genome

Argonaute (AGO) family proteins are effectors of RNAi in eukaryotes. AGOs bind small RNAs and use them as guides to silence target genes or transposable elements at the transcriptional or posttranscriptional level. Eukaryotic AGO proteins share common structural and biochemical properties and function through conserved core mechanisms in RNAi pathways, yet plant AGOs have evolved specialized and diversified functions. This Review covers the general features of AGO proteins and highlights recent progress toward our understanding of the mechanisms and functions of plant AGOs.

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