In plants, decapping prevents RDR6-dependent production of small interfering RNAs from endogenous mRNAs
Angel Emilio Martínez de Alba, Ana Moreno, Marc Gabriel, Allison C Mallory, Aurélie Christ, Remi Bounon, Sandrine Balzergue, Sebastien Aubourg, Daniel Gautheret, Martin D Crespi, Hervé Vaucheret, Alexis Maizel
The paper shows that decapping prevents RDR6-dependent production of rqc-siRNAs from endogenous mRNAs, revealing a link between RNA quality control and post-transcriptional gene silencing in plants.
Nucleic Acids Research · Mar 11, 2015Peer-reviewedPlant Biology