The N-terminal extension of Arabidopsis ARGONAUTE 1 is essential for microRNA activities

• Ye Xu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2512-5171

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• Yong Zhang,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

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• Zhenfang Li,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China

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• Alyssa K. Soloria,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

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• Savannah Potter,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0489-1739

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• Xuemei Chen

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: xuemei.chen@ucr.edu, xuemei.chen@pku.edu.cn

  Current address: School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China

  Affiliations Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5209-1157

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