microRNAs and their roles in plant development

Q Dong, B Hu, C Zhang - Frontiers in plant science, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Small RNAs are short non-coding RNAs with a length ranging between 20 and 24
nucleotides. Of these, microRNAs (miRNAs) play a distinct role in plant development …

Small RNAs: big impact on plant development

M D'Ario, S Griffiths-Jones, M Kim - Trends in plant science, 2017‏ - cell.com
While the role of proteins in determining cell identity has been extensively studied, the
contribution of small noncoding RNA molecules such as miRNAs and siRNAs has been also …

Genome-wide signatures of adaptation to extreme environments in red algae

CH Cho, SI Park, TY Huang, Y Lee, C Ciniglia… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The high temperature, acidity, and heavy metal-rich environments associated with hot
springs have a major impact on biological processes in resident cells. One group of …

Role of non-coding RNAs in plant immunity

L Song, Y Fang, L Chen, J Wang, X Chen - Plant Communications, 2021‏ - cell.com
Crops are exposed to attacks by various pathogens that cause substantial yield losses and
severely threaten food security. To cope with pathogenic infection, crops have elaborated …

RNA silencing in plants

D Baulcombe - Nature, 2004‏ - nature.com
There are at least three RNA silencing pathways for silencing specific genes in plants. In
these pathways, silencing signals can be amplified and transmitted between cells, and may …

MicroRNAs and their regulatory roles in plants

MW Jones-Rhoades, DP Bartel, B Bartel - Annu. Rev. Plant Biol., 2006‏ - annualreviews.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, endogenous RNAs that regulate gene expression in plants
and animals. In plants, these∼ 21-nucleotide RNAs are processed from stem-loop regions …

Mechanisms of gene silencing by double-stranded RNA

G Meister, T Tuschl - Nature, 2004‏ - nature.com
Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) is an important regulator of gene expression in many
eukaryotes. It triggers different types of gene silencing that are collectively referred to as …

Computational identification of plant microRNAs and their targets, including a stress-induced miRNA

MW Jones-Rhoades, DP Bartel - Molecular cell, 2004‏ - cell.com
Abstract MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are∼ 21-nucleotide RNAs, some of which have been shown
to play important gene-regulatory roles during plant development. We developed …

Origin, biogenesis, and activity of plant microRNAs

O Voinnet - Cell, 2009‏ - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are key posttranscriptional regulators of eukaryotic gene expression.
Plants use highly conserved as well as more recently evolved, species-specific miRNAs to …

Human Argonaute2 mediates RNA cleavage targeted by miRNAs and siRNAs

G Meister, M Landthaler, A Patkaniowska, Y Dorsett… - Molecular cell, 2004‏ - cell.com
Argonaute proteins associate with small RNAs that guide mRNA degradation, translational
repression, or a combination of both. The human Argonaute family has eight members, four …