Volume 22, No 1, Jan 2012

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
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Volume 22 Issue 1, January 2012: 3-5

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Ingested plant miRNAs regulate gene expression in animals

Hervé Vaucheret and Yves Chupeau

Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, 78000 Versailles, France Correspondence: Hervé Vaucheret(herve.vaucheret@versailles.inra.fr)

The incidence of genetic material or epigenetic information transferred from one organism to another is an important biological question. A recent study demonstrated that plant small RNAs acquired orally through food intake directly influence gene expression in animals after migration through the plasma and delivery to specific organs.

Cell Research (2012) 22:3-5. doi:10.1038/cr.2011.164; published online 25 October 2011

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