Tissue-specific transposon-associated small RNAs in the gymnosperm tree, Norway spruce

Abstract Background Small RNAs (sRNAs) are regulatory molecules impacting on gene expression and transposon activity. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are responsible for tissue-specific and environmentally-induced gene repression. Short interfering RNAs (siRNA) are constitutively involved in transposon silencing...

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Main Authors: Miyuki Nakamura, Claudia Köhler, Lars Hennig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6385-7