TY - CHAP
T1 - RNA silencing in plants
AU - Eamens, A.
AU - Curtin, S. J.
AU - Waterhouse, P. M.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - RNA silencing-related mechanisms have been documented in almost all living organisms and RNA silencing is now used as board term to describe the vast array of related processes involving RNA-RNA, RNA-DNA, RNA-protein or protein-protein interactions that ultimately result in the repression of gene expression. In plants, the parallel RNA silencing pathways have evolved to extraordinary levels of complexity and diversity, playing crucial roles in providing protection against invading nucleic acids derived from viruses or replicating transposons, controlling chromatin modifications as well as regulating endogenous gene expression to ensure normal plant growth and development. The aims of this chapter are (1) to provide an overview of the initial curious observations of RNA silencing-related phenomena in plants, (2) to outline the parallel gene silencing pathways of plants, and (3) to discuss current applications of RNA silencing technologies to not only study but also modify plant development.
AB - RNA silencing-related mechanisms have been documented in almost all living organisms and RNA silencing is now used as board term to describe the vast array of related processes involving RNA-RNA, RNA-DNA, RNA-protein or protein-protein interactions that ultimately result in the repression of gene expression. In plants, the parallel RNA silencing pathways have evolved to extraordinary levels of complexity and diversity, playing crucial roles in providing protection against invading nucleic acids derived from viruses or replicating transposons, controlling chromatin modifications as well as regulating endogenous gene expression to ensure normal plant growth and development. The aims of this chapter are (1) to provide an overview of the initial curious observations of RNA silencing-related phenomena in plants, (2) to outline the parallel gene silencing pathways of plants, and (3) to discuss current applications of RNA silencing technologies to not only study but also modify plant development.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-04670-4_15
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-04670-4_15
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84900187915
SN - 9783642046698
VL - 2
SP - 277
EP - 294
BT - Plant Developmental Biology
PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
ER -