Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 952304, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/952304
Research Article

Novel miR390-Dependent Transacting siRNA Precursors in Plants Revealed by a PCR-Based Experimental Approach and Database Analysis

M. S. Krasnikova,1 I. A. Milyutina,2 V. K. Bobrova,2 L. V. Ozerova,3 A. V. Troitsky,2 A. G. Solovyev,1,2 and S. Y. Morozov2

1Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Timiryazevskaya 42, 127550 Moscow, Russia
2A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia
3Main Botanic Garden Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya 4, 127276 Moscow, Russia

Received 28 February 2009; Accepted 31 July 2009

Academic Editor: Zhumur Ghosh

Copyright © 2009 M. S. Krasnikova et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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