Exploiting mobile RNA silencing for crop improvement

Plant grafting

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Rootstock-to-scion transfer of transgene-derived small interfering RNAs and their effect on virus resistance in nontransgenic sweet cherry

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Graft-transmissible movement of inverted-repeat-induced siRNA signals into flowers

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Graft Transmission of RNA Silencing to Non-Transgenic Scions for Conferring Virus Resistance in Tobacco

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RNA-Mediated Gene Silencing Signals Are Not Graft Transmissible from the Rootstock to the Scion in Greenhouse-Grown Apple Plants Malus sp.

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Gene Silencing in Arabidopsis Spreads from the Root to the Shoot, through a Gating Barrier, by Template-Dependent, Nonvascular, Cell-to-Cell Movement

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Mobile 24 nt Small RNAs Direct Transcriptional Gene Silencing in the Root Meristems of Arabidopsis thaliana

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A mobile signal transported over a long distance induces systemic transcriptional gene silencing in a grafted partner

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Graft-Transmitted siRNA Signal from the Root Induces Visual Manifestation of Endogenous Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing in the Scion

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An endogenous, systemic RNAi pathway in plants

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Virus-mediated efficient induction of epigenetic modifications of endogenous genes with phenotypic changes in plants

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Small Silencing RNAs in Plants Are Mobile and Direct Epigenetic Modification in Recipient Cells

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