Figure 1.
Secondary siRNA-based silencing tools in plants. (A). The atasiRNA/syn-tasiRNA pathway. TAS1 precursor sequence is in black, with trigger miR173 target site (TS) in light gray. AtasiRNA/syn-tasiRNA sequences targeting RNA 1 are shown in dark and light blue; atasiRNA/syn-tasiRNA sequences targeting RNA 2 are shown in dark and light green; miR173 sequence is shown in yellow. Promoter and terminator sequences are shown with a dark gray arrow and box, respectively. Participating proteins are represented with colored ovals. (B) The MIGS pathway. Sequences corresponding to gene fragments 1 and 2 are in diverse blue and green tonalities, respectively. Other details are as in (A).