Dr Attila Molnar
Contact:
- Email: Attila.Molnar@plantsci.cam.ac.uk
- Tel: 01223 (7)48966
Publications:
Melnyk, C.W. *, Molnar, A. *, Bassett, A. and Baulcombe, D.C. (2011) Mobile 24 nt small RNAs direct transcriptional gene silencing in the root meristems of Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Biology (In Press, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.065)
* Co-contributors
Melnyk, C.W., Molnar, A. and Baulcombe, D.C. (2011) Intercellular and systemic movement of RNA silencing signals. EMBO J 30, 3553-3563.
Valli, A., Oliveros, J.C., Molnar, A. , Baulcombe, D. and Garcia, J.A. (2011) The specific binding to 21-nt double stranded RNAs is crucial for the anti-silencing activity of Cucumber vein yellowing virus P1b and perturbs endogenous small RNA populations. RNA 17,1148-1158.
Molnár, A.*, Melnyk, C.W. and Baulcombe, D. (2011) Silencing signals in plants: a long journey for small RNAs. Genome Biology 12, 215.
* Corresponding author
Godman, J.E., Molnár, A., Baulcombe, D.C. and Balk, J. (2010) RNA silencing of hydrogenase(-like) genes and investigation of their physiological roles in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochem. J. 431, 345-351.
Molnár, A.*, Melnyk, C.W*, Bassett, A., Hardcastle, T.J., Dunn, R. and Baulcombe, D. (2010) Small silencing RNAs in plants are mobile and direct epigenetic modification in recipient cells. Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1187959
* Co-contributors
This article was featured in the "Perspectives" section of Science, 328:834; in the "Leading Edge" section of Cell, 141:555 and is recommended on Faculty 1000 Biology.
Molnár, A., Bassett, A., Thuenemann, E., Schwach, F., Karkare, S., Ossowski, S., Weigel D. and Baulcombe, D. (2009) Highly specific gene silencing by artificial microRNAs in the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant J. 58, 165-174.
Molnár, A., Schwach, F., Studholme, D.J., Thuenemann, E.C. and Baulcombe, D.C. (2007) miRNAs control gene expression in the single-cell alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Nature 447, 1126-1129.
This article was featured in the "Leading Edge" section of Cell, 129:1029; in the "News" section of Nature, 447:518 and is recommended on Faculty 1000 Biology.
Herr, A.J., Molnár, A., Jones, A. and Baulcombe, D.C. (2006) Defective RNA processing enhances RNA silencing and influences flowering of Arabidopsis. PNAS. 103, 14994-15001.
Chappell, L., Baulcombe, D. and Molnár, A. (2005) Isolation and cloning of small RNAs from virus-infected plants. Current Protocols in Microbiology. (R. Coico, T. Kowalik, J.M. Quarles, B. Stevenson, R.K. Taylor, A.E. Simon and T. Downey eds.) pp. 16H.2.1-16H.2.17 John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J.
Molnár, A., Csorba, T., Lakatos, L., Várallay, E., Lacomme, C. and Burgyán, J. (2005). Plant virus-derived small interfering RNAs originate predominantly from highly structured single-stranded viral RNAs. J. Virol. 79, 7812-7818.
This article is recommended on Faculty 1000 Biology.
Mérai, Z., Kerényi, Z., Molnár, A., Barta, E., Valóczi, A., Bisztray, G., Havelda, Z., Burgyán, J. and Silhavy, D. (2005). Aureusvirus P14 is an efficient RNA silencing suppressor that binds double-stranded RNAs without size specificity. J. Virol. 79, 7217-7226.
Baulcombe, D.C. and Molnár, A. (2004) Crystal structure of p19 - a universal suppressor of RNA silencing. Trends Biochem Sci 29, 279-281.
Szittya, Gy., Silhavy, D., Molnár, A., Havelda, Z., Lovas, á., Lakatos, L., Bánfalvi, Zs. and Burgyán, J. (2003). Low temperature inhibits RNA silencing-mediated defence by the control of siRNA generation. EMBO J. 22, 633-640.
Silhavy, D.*, Molnár, A.*, Lucioli, A., Szittya, Gy., Hornyik, Cs., Tavazza, M. and Burgyán, J. (2002) A viral protein suppresses RNA silencing and binds silencing-generated, 21- to 25-nucleotide double-stranded RNAs. EMBO J. 21, 3070-3080.
* Co-contributors.
This article is recommended on Faculty 1000 Biology.
Szittya, Gy.*, Molnár, A.*, Silhavy, D., Hornyik, Cs. and Burgyán, J. (2002) Short Defective Interfering RNAs of Tombusviruses Are Not Targeted but Trigger Post Transcriptional Gene Silencing against Their Helper Virus. Plant Cell 14, 359-372.
* Co-contributors
Molnár, A., Lovas, á., Bánfalvi, Z., Lakatos, L., Polgár, Z. and Horváth, S. (2001) Tissue-specific signal(s) activate the promoter of a metallocarboxipeptidase inhibitor gene family in potato tuber and berry. Plant Mol. Biol. 46, 301-311.
Bánfalvi, Z., Molnár, A., Lakatos, L., Hesse, H. and Höfgen, R. (1999) Differences in sucrose-to-starch metabolism of Solanum tuberosum and Solanum brevidens. Plant Sci. 147, 81-88.
Molnár, A., Havelda, Z., Dalmay, T., Szutorisz, H. and Burgyán, J. (1997) Complete nucleotide sequence of tobacco necrosis virus strain DH and genes required for RNA replication and virus movement. J. Gen. Virol. 78, 1235-1239.
Bánfalvi, Z., Molnár, A., Kostyál, Z., Lakatos, L. and Molnár, G. (1997) Comparative studies on potato tuber development using an in vitro tuber induction system. Acta Biol. Hung. 48, 77-86.
Bánfalvi, Z., Molnár, A., Molnár, G., Lakatos, L. and Szabó, L. (1996) Starch synthesis-, and tuber storage protein genes are differently expressed in Solanum tuberosum and Solanum brevidens. FEBS Lett. 383, 159-164.
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