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ArticlePlanta2011

Diverse spontaneous silencing of a transgene among two Nicotiana species.

Athanasios Dalakouras, Mirko Moser, Kajohn Boonrod, Gabi Krczal, Michael Wassenegger

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Article in Planta, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Athanasios DalakourasRLP AgroScience GmbH, AlPlanta-Institute for Plant Research, Breitenweg 71, 67435, Neustadt, Germany.
Mirko Moser
Kajohn Boonrod
Gabi Krczal
Michael Wassenegger
RLP AgroScience (Germany) · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In plants, transgenes frequently become spontaneously silenced for unknown reasons. Typically, transgene silencing involves the generation of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) that directly or indirectly target cognate DNA and mRNA sequences for methylation and degradation, respectively. In this report, we compared spontaneous silencing of a transgene in Nicotiana benthamiana and Nicotiana tabacum. In both species, abundant siRNAs were produced. In N. benthamiana, the self-silencing process involved mRNA degradation and dense DNA methylation of the homologous coding region. In N. tabacum, self-silencing occurred without complete mRNA degradation and with low methylation of the cognate coding region. Our data indicated that in plants, siRNA-mediated spontaneous silencing is, in addition to mRNA degradation, based on translational inhibition. Differences in the initiation and establishment of self-silencing together with marked differences in the degree of de novo DNA methylation showed that the mechanistic details of RNA silencing, although largely conserved, may vary also in genetically close plant species.

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RNA InterferenceCotyledonDNA, ComplementaryDNA MethylationDNA, PlantGene Expression Regulation, PlantGreen Fluorescent ProteinsNicotianaPlant LeavesPlants, Genetically ModifiedRNA, MessengerRNA, PlantRNA, Small InterferingTranscription, GeneticTransgenesDNA, ComplementaryDNA, PlantGreen Fluorescent ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, PlantRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID21617990
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