title: The sense of naturally transcribed antisense RNAs in plants.
abstract: Naturally occurring antisense transcripts are well documented in mammals and prokaryotes but little is known about their existence and effects in plants. Generally, antisense RNAs are believed to control gene expression negatively by annealing to the complementary sequences of the sense transcript. The resulting double-stranded RNAs are thought either to affect RNA stability, transcription and/or translation directly, or to generate a signal for gene silencing and defense against viruses.
authors.affiliation: Vakgroep Moleculaire Genetica and Departement Plantengenetica, Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Universiteit Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. nater@gengenp.rug.ac.be
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Terryn
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rouzé
mesh_terms: D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016372:RNA, Antisense / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D016372:RNA, Antisense