MicroRNA159 can act as a switch or tuning microRNA independently of its abundance in Arabidopsis.

The efficacy of gene silencing by plant microRNAs (miRNAs) is generally assumed to be predominantly determined by their abundance. In Arabidopsis the highly abundant miRNA, miR159, acts as a molecular "switch" in vegetative tissues completely silencing the expression of two GAMYB-like gene...

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Main Authors: Maria M Alonso-Peral, Cheng Sun, Anthony A Millar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3325262?pdf=render