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 …

siRNA specificity: RNAi mechanisms and strategies to reduce off-target effects

J Neumeier, G Meister - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are processed from long double-stranded RNA (dsRNA),
and a guide strand is selected and incorporated into the RNA-induced silencing complex …

Natural history–guided omics reveals plant defensive chemistry against leafhopper pests

Y Bai, C Yang, R Halitschke, C Paetz, D Kessler… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Although much is known about plant traits that function in nonhost resistance against
pathogens, little is known about nonhost resistance against herbivores, despite its …

Phenolamides in plants: An update on their function, regulation, and origin of their biosynthetic enzymes

M Roumani, S Besseau, D Gagneul… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Phenolamides represent a family of specialized metabolites, consisting of the association of
hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives with aliphatic or aromatic amines. Since the discovery of …

OXIDOSQUALENE CYCLASE 1 and 2 influence triterpene biosynthesis and defense in Nicotiana attenuata

C Yang, R Halitschke, SE O'Connor - Plant Physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Triterpenes are a class of bioactive compounds with diverse biological functions, playing
pivotal roles in plant defense against biotic stressors. Oxidosqualene cyclases (OSCs) serve …

Mobile plant microRNAs allow communication within and between organisms

E Loreti, P Perata - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) are small regulatory RNAs that are encoded by endogenous
miRNA genes and regulate gene expression through gene silencing, by inducing …

Argonaute7 (AGO7) optimizes arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal associations and enhances competitive growth in Nicotiana attenuata

M Pradhan, IT Baldwin, SP Pandey - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plants interact with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and in doing so, change transcript
levels of many miRNAs and their targets. However, the identity of an Argonaute (AGO) that …

Exploring the metabolic basis of growth/defense trade‐offs in complex environments with Nicotiana attenuata plants cosilenced in NaMYC2a/b expression

C Yang, Y Bai, R Halitschke, K Gase… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In response to challenges from herbivores and competitors, plants use fitness‐limiting
resources to produce (auto) toxic defenses. Jasmonate signaling, mediated by MYC2 …

Long non‐coding RNAs associate with jasmonate‐mediated plant defence against herbivores

R Li, J Jin, J Xu, L Wang, J Li, Y Lou… - Plant, Cell & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Long non‐coding RNA (lncRNA) are important regulators of many biological processes in
plants, including defence against pathogens; whether lncRNAs mediate defence against …

Priming for enhanced ARGONAUTE2 activation accompanies induced resistance to cucumber mosaic virus in Arabidopsis thaliana

S Ando, M Jaskiewicz, S Mochizuki… - Molecular Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is a broad‐spectrum disease resistance response that
can be induced upon infection from pathogens or by chemical treatment, such as with benzo …