MicroRNAs and their regulatory roles in plant–environment interactions

X Song, Y Li, X Cao, Y Qi - Annual review of plant biology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 20–24 nucleotide noncoding RNAs abundant in plants and
animals. The biogenesis of plant miRNAs involves transcription of miRNA genes, processing …

The expanding world of small RNAs in plants

F Borges, RA Martienssen - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
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 …

Plant small RNAs: their biogenesis, regulatory roles, and functions

J Zhan, BC Meyers - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Plant cells accumulate small RNA molecules that regulate plant development, genome
stability, and environmental responses. These small RNAs fall into three major classes …

RNA-binding proteins contribute to small RNA loading in plant extracellular vesicles

B He, Q Cai, L Qiao, CY Huang, S Wang, W Miao, T Ha… - Nature plants, 2021 - nature.com
Plants use extracellular vesicles (EVs) to transport small RNAs (sRNAs) into their fungal
pathogens and silence fungal virulence-related genes through a phenomenon called 'cross …

[HTML][HTML] Viral silencing suppressors: Tools forged to fine-tune host-pathogen coexistence

T Csorba, L Kontra, J Burgyán - Virology, 2015 - Elsevier
RNA silencing is a homology-dependent gene inactivation mechanism that regulates a wide
range of biological processes including antiviral defense. To deal with host antiviral …

RNAi in plants: an argonaute-centered view

X Fang, Y Qi - The Plant Cell, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Argonaute (AGO) family proteins are effectors of RNAi in eukaryotes. AGOs bind small RNAs
and use them as guides to silence target genes or transposable elements at the …

The plant noncoding transcriptome: a versatile environmental sensor

U Chorostecki, NG Bologna, F Ariel - The EMBO Journal, 2023 - embopress.org
Plant noncoding RNA transcripts have gained increasing attention in recent years due to
growing evidence that they can regulate developmental plasticity. In this review article, we …

Small RNAs—the secret agents in the plant–pathogen interactions

A Weiberg, H ** - Current opinion in plant biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Small RNAs regulate plant immune responses and pathogen virulence.•Small
RNAs can move between interacting organisms and induce cross-kingdom RNAi.•Advanced …

The molecular mechanism of microRNA duplex selectivity of Arabidopsis ARGONAUTE10

Y **ao, IJ MacRae - Nucleic Acids Research, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Small RNAs (sRNAs), including microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs
(siRNAs), are essential gene regulators for plant and animal development. The loading of …

Characterization and Function of MicroRNAs in Plants

W Liu, J Meng, J Cui, Y Luan - Frontiers in plant science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
MicroRNAs, a group of non-coding RNA molecules, play essential roles in a wide range of
cellular processes in different molecules, cells, and organisms. In plants, microRNAs are a …