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| Title |
Highly specific gene silencing by artificial microRNAs in the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
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| Published in |
Plant Journal, March 2009
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| DOI | 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03767.x |
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| Authors |
Attila Molnar, Andrew Bassett, Eva Thuenemann, Frank Schwach, Shantanu Karkare, Stephan Ossowski, Detlef Weigel, David Baulcombe |
| Abstract |
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNAs, 21 to 22 nucleotides long, with important regulatory roles. They are processed from longer RNA molecules with imperfectly matched foldback regions and they function in modulating the stability and translation of mRNA. Recently, we and others have demonstrated that the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, like diverse multicellular organisms, contains miRNAs. These RNAs resemble the miRNAs of land plants in that they direct site-specific cleavage of target mRNA with miRNA-complementary motifs and, presumably, act as regulatory molecules in growth and development. Utilizing these findings we have developed a novel artificial miRNA system based on ligation of DNA oligonucleotides that can be used for specific high-throughput gene silencing in green algae. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 410 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 9 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Taiwan | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | 1% |
| Unknown | 385 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 121 | 30% |
| Researcher | 88 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 43 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 42 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 19 | 5% |
| Other | 59 | 14% |
| Unknown | 38 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 266 | 65% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 76 | 19% |
| Environmental Science | 8 | 2% |
| Engineering | 6 | 1% |
| Chemistry | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | 2% |
| Unknown | 45 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 October 2023.
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#2,655,923
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Outputs from Plant Journal
#643
of 7,298 outputs
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#8,372
of 106,836 outputs
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#1
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