Deep sequencing of small RNAs in tomato for virus and viroid identification and strain differentiation.

Small RNAs (sRNA), including microRNAs (miRNA) and small interfering RNAs (siRNA), are produced abundantly in plants and animals and function in regulating gene expression or in defense against virus or viroid infection. Analysis of siRNA profiles upon virus infection in plant may allow for virus id...

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Main Authors: Rugang Li, Shan Gao, Alvaro G Hernandez, W Patrick Wechter, Zhangjun Fei, Kai-Shu Ling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3356388?pdf=render