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Minireview Bacterial pathogens encode suppressors of RNA-mediated silencing Rebecca A Mosher and David C Baulcombe Address: Plant Sciences Department, Cambridge University, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK. Correspondence: David C Baulcombe. Email: dcb40@cam.ac.uk Published: 17 October 2008 Genome Biology 2008, 9:237 (doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-10-237) The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at /2008/9/10/237 ? 2008 BioMed Central Ltd Abstract Plant pathogenic bacteria encounter host defenses mediated by a variety of small RNAs. Bacterial suppre