AGO4 (source code)
= AGO4
{c}
= ARGONAUTE4
{c}
{synonym}
An <Argonaute> <protein> participating in RNA-directed <chromatin> silencing.
In <Arabidopsis thaliana>, it associates with small interfering <RNAs> that help target <RNA-directed DNA methylation>. Sequence complementarity supplies specificity while partner <proteins> connect recognition to a <chromatin> modification rather than cleavage of every matching transcript. <ARGONAUTE4 control of locus-specific siRNA accumulation and DNA and histone methylation by Daniel Zilberman and others>[2003, AGO4-dependent methylation and silencing]{ref}
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