AGO expression may be cell/tissue specific and using floral tissue is recommended where most of the AGOs are expressed the highest. Seedlings can be used as a negative control. Use of proteasome inhibitors as MG132 can help to stabilize AGO proteins during extraction procedure.
AGO10 is involved in miRNA binding and RNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS).
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