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Provedor de dados: | 74
País: | Brazil
Título: | Genetic machinery for RNA silencing and defense against viruses in Citrus
Autores: | Benedito,Vagner Augusto; Faria,Laura; Freitas-Astúa,Juliana; Figueira,Antonio.
Data: | 2007-01-01
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | CitEST; Gene silencing; PTGS.
Resumo: | RNA silencing mechanisms are conserved throughout eukaryotic evolution, possibly due to their importance in viral resistance and other aspects of cell biology. Here, we explored the Citrus EST (CitEST) database in search of sequences related to the most important known genes involved in RNA silencing. Transcripts strongly matching Argonaute (AGO), Dicer-like (DCL), Hua enhancer (HEN), and RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase (RdRP) were found in many of the citrus libraries. The reads were clustered and quantified. This shows that post-transcriptional gene silencing apparatus is active in citrus. It seems plausible that a better understanding of the players of RNA silencing in Citrus spp. and related genera may help create new tools to defeat the viral diseases that affect the citrus industry. Functional analyses of these citrus genes would enable the pursuit of this hypothesis.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572007000500027
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
Relação: | 10.1590/S1415-47572007000500027
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Genetics and Molecular Biology  v.30 n.3 suppl.0 2007
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess