Erschienen in:
01.11.2014 | Brief Report
Analysis of small RNAs derived from Chinese wheat mosaic virus
verfasst von:
Jian Yang, Shi-Ling Zheng, Heng-Mu Zhang, Xiao-Ya Liu, Jing Li, Jun-Min Li, Jian-Ping Chen
Erschienen in:
Archives of Virology
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Ausgabe 11/2014
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Abstract
The virus-derived small interfering RNAs (vsiRNAs) of Chinese wheat mosaic virus (CWMV), a member of the genus Furovirus, were characterised from wheat plants by deep sequencing. CWMV vsiRNAs of 21–22 nt in length predominated, suggesting that there might be a conserved mechanism of DCL2 and DCL4 involvement in the biogenesis of vsiRNAs, as well as a common RNA silencing pathway in CWMV-infected wheat plants. The 5′-terminal base of vsiRNAs was biased towards A/U, suggesting that CWMV vsiRNAs might be loaded into diverse AGO-containing RISCs to disturb the gene expression of host plants. Possible targets for some of the vsiRNAs were predicted.