Plant cells accumulate small RNA molecules that regulate plant development, genome
stability, and environmental responses. These small RNAs fall into three major classes …

Plant genomes encode various small RNAs that function in distinct, yet overlap**, genetic
and epigenetic silencing pathways. However, the abundance and diversity of small-RNA …

Regulatory small RNAs, which range in size from 20 to 24 nucleotides, are ubiquitous
components of endogenous plant transcriptomes, as well as common responses to …

The protein ubiquitin is a covalent modifier of proteins, including itself. The ubiquitin system
encompasses the enzymes required for catalysing attachment of ubiquitin to substrates as …

As an essential plant macronutrient, the low availability of phosphorus (P) in most soils
imposes serious limitation on crop production. Plants have evolved complex responsive and …

Agrobacterium rhizogenes (or Rhizobium rhizogenes) is able to transform plant genomes
and induce the production of hairy roots. We describe the use of A. rhizogenes in tomato …

With the emergence of high‐throughput methods in plant biology, the importance of long‐
term projects characterized by incremental advances involving multiple laboratories can …

In all eukaryotes, nuclear DNA-dependent RNA polymerases I, II and III synthesize the
myriad RNAs that are essential for life. Remarkably, plants have evolved two additional …

Noncoding RNAs have emerged as major components of the eukaryotic transcriptome.
Genome-wide analyses revealed the existence of thousands of long noncoding RNAs …

Higher plants have evolved multiple proteins in the RNase III family to produce and regulate
different classes of small RNAs with specialized molecular functions. In rice (Oryza sativa) …