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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
SUBMITTER: Matthew Wayne Vaughn
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-4684 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The Plant cell 20060623 7
ARGONAUTE1 (AGO1) of Arabidopsis thaliana mediates the cleavage of microRNA (miRNA)-targeted mRNAs, and it has also been implicated in the posttranscriptional silencing of transgenes and the maintenance of chromatin structure. Mutations in AGO1 severely disrupt plant development, indicating that miRNA function and possibly other aspects of RNA interference are essential for maintaining normal patterns of gene expression. Using microarrays, we found that 1 to 6% of genes display significant expre ...[more]