Texas A&M Forest Service
Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostics Laboratory
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Texas A&M College of Agrculture and Life Sciences

Links

Literature

PubMed
Bio Lectures

Genomics Resources

NCBI
Arabidopsis
Plant Genome Database
BioGPS
miRbase

Protein Databases

BRENDA
ExPASy
SMART

Cloning

IDT Oligo Analyzer
Infusion Primer Design
dsDNA Copy Number Calculator
Ligation Calculator

RNA folding

RNAfold
RNAstructure

We are studying RNA silencing in the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana and several economically-important crops.

RNA silencing is a key regulatory process that controls various aspects of biology in eukaryotes including growth and development, antiviral defense and chromosome gardening. The common themes under RNA silencing include the biogenesis of small RNAs by DICERs or Dicer-like proteins and the incorporation of the small RNAs into Argonaute (AGO)-centered RNA-induced silencing complexes (RISCs).