New Insight into Inter-kingdom Communication: Horizontal Transfer of Mobile Small RNAs
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 Small RNAs (sRNAs), including small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs), are conventionally regarded as critical molecular regulators of various intracellular processes.
Xi Chen, Geyu Zhou, Yu Zhou
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The specifics of small interfering RNA specificity [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2003 The discovery of transgene silencing in plants and double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) interference in the worm Caenorhabditis elegans has led to the latest revolution in molecular biology, RNA interference (RNAi). Over 10 years ago it was noted that several transgenic plant lines each containing the same ectopic transgene not only failed to be expressed but ...
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Global analyses of endonucleolytic cleavage in mammals reveal expanded repertoires of cleavage-inducing small RNAs and their targets. [PDF]
, 2016 In mammals, small RNAs are important players in post-transcriptional gene regulation. While their roles in mRNA destabilization and translational repression are well appreciated, their involvement in endonucleolytic cleavage of target RNAs is poorly ...
Bahn, Jae Hoon +7 more
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Rotavirus gene silencing by small interfering RNAs [PDF]
EMBO reports, 2002 RNA interference is an evolutionarily conserved double‐stranded RNA‐triggered mechanism for suppressing gene expression. Rotaviruses, the leading cause of severe diarrhea in young children, are formed by three concentric layers of protein, from which the spike protein VP4 projects.
Susana López +3 more
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Binding of small interfering RNA molecules is crucial for RNA interference suppressor activity of rice hoja blanca virus NS3 in plants [PDF]
, 2009 The NS3 protein of rice hoja blanca tenuivirus represents a viral suppressor of RNAi that sequesters small interfering (si)RNAs in vitro. To determine whether this siRNA binding property is the critical determinant for the suppressor activity of NS3, an ...
Goldbach, R.W. +5 more
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Delivering Small Interfering RNA for Novel Therapeutics [PDF]
, 2008 The gene silencing capability of RNA interference (RNAi) is being used to study individual gene's biological function and role in biochemical pathways. However, the efficacy of RNAi depends upon efficient delivery of the intermediates of RNAi, small interfering RNA (siRNA) oligonucleotides.
Patrick Y. Lu, Martin C. Woodle
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The antiviral RNAi response in vector and non-vector cells against orthobunya viruses [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Vector arthropods control arbovirus replication and spread through antiviral innate immune responses including RNA interference (RNAi) pathways. Arbovirus infections have been shown to induce the exogenous small interfering RNA (siRNA) and
Bausch, DG +9 more
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Tumor Biology, 2017 Although gene therapy has brought new insights into the treatment of malignant melanoma, targeting delivery of nucleic acid which targets critical oncogene/anti-oncogene in vivo is still a bottleneck in the therapeutic application.
Hao Wang +7 more
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Characterization of the small RNA transcriptome of the diatom, Thalassiosira pseudonana. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 This study presents the first characterization of endogenous small RNAs in a diatom, Thalassiosira pseudonana. Small RNAs act as transcriptional and translational regulators, controlling specific target genes involved in various cellular functions ...
Trina M Norden-Krichmar +3 more
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Unzipping and binding of small interfering RNA with single walled carbon nanotube: A platform for small interfering RNA delivery [PDF]
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2012 In an effort to design efficient platform for siRNA delivery, we combine all atom classical and quantum simulations to study the binding of small interfering RNA (siRNA) by pristine single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT). Our results show that siRNA strongly binds to SWCNT surface via unzipping its base-pairs and the propensity of unzipping increases with
Santosh, Mogurampelly +4 more
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