Argonaute Decoy Breaks the Silence
4,121 views · Published 6 April 2011 · 4:16 · Indexed 4 October 2026
Channel: Cell Press · 2011 · Science & Technology
Argonaute proteins silence gene expression by binding small RNAs. Now, Xiuren Zhang and colleagues discover that AGO10 in plants achieves the opposite effect: it boosts the expression of specific genes by sequestering micro-RNAs from other AGO proteins.
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