RNA silencing is a collective term that encompasses the sequence of events that leads to
the targeted degradation of cellular mRNA and thus to the silencing of corresponding gene …

RNA silencing in plants and insects can function as a defence mechanism against invading
viruses. RNA silencing-based antiviral defence entails the production of virus-derived small …

Post-transcriptional gene silencing is an RNA degradation mechanism that can be induced
by viruses. Recent evidence indicates that silencing may also be involved in virus …

RNA silencing suppressors, developed by plant viruses, are potent arms in the arm race
between plant and invading viruses. In higher plants, these proteins efficiently inhibit RNA …

Gene silencing (RNA silencing) plays a fundamental role in antiviral defense in plants, fungi
and invertebrates. Viruses encode proteins that suppress gene silencing to counter host …

Effectors are essential virulence proteins produced by a broad range of parasites, including
viruses, bacteria, fungi, oomycetes, protozoa, insects and nematodes. Upon entry into host …

One of the most striking biological discoveries of the 1990s is RNA silencing, which is an
evolutionarily conserved gene-silencing mechanism among eukaryotes. Initially, it was …

The definition of a disease is fundamentally difficult, even if one considers only genetically
based diseases. In its broadest sense, disease can be defined as any deviation from the …

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RNA silencing was discovered in plants as a mechanism whereby invading nucleic acids,
such as transgenes and viruses, are silenced through the action of small (20–26nt) …