Figure 8.
PTGS and siRNA Accumulation in Double Mutants Involving smd1b.
(A) Percentages of plants silenced by PTGS in the indicated genotypes determined by quantitative GUS activity measurements (n = 96 plants for each genotype).
(B) RNA gel blot analyses of GUS siRNAs in the indicated genotypes. U6 snRNA hybridization served as a loading control. Note that the sm1d upf1 double mutant does not contain the 159 locus because upf1 and 159 loci are very close.