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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 2000
ORGANISM(S): Oryza sativa Japonica Group
SUBMITTER: Reina Komiya
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-4365 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 20140415 3
Small RNAs that interact with Argonaute (AGO) proteins play central roles in RNA-mediated silencing. MEIOSIS ARRESTED AT LEPTOTENE1 (MEL1), a rice AGO, has specific functions in the development of pre-meiotic germ cells and the progression of meiosis. Here, we show that MEL1, which is located mostly in the cytoplasm of germ cells, associates preferentially with 21-nucleotide phased small interfering RNAs (phasiRNAs) that bear a 5'-terminal cytosine. Most phasiRNAs are derived from 1171 intergeni ...[more]