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Screening and Identification of RNA Silencing Suppressors from Secreted Effectors of Plant Pathogens
Published on: February 3, 2020
Plant RNA helicases: linking aberrant and silencing RNA
Patrick Linder1, George W Owttrim
1Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, CMU, 1 Rue Michel Servet, CH-1211 Geneve 4, Switzerland.
Abstract:
RNA helicases are ATPases that are capable of rearranging RNA and ribonucleoprotein (RNP) structure, and they can potentially function in any aspect of RNA metabolism. The RNA helicase gene family of plant genomes is larger and more diverse than genome families observed in other systems and provides an ideal model for investigation of the physiological importance of RNA secondary structure rearrangement in plant development. Numerous plant RNA helicases are associated with a variety of physiological functions, but this review will focus on the thirteen RNA helicases associated with the metabolism of aberrant and silencing RNAs. The results emphasize the crucial role RNA helicase activity has in the regulation of mRNA quality control and gene expression in plant development.
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