Recent advances in the regulation of plant miRNA biogenesis

M Li, B Yu - RNA biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are essential non-coding riboregulators of gene expression in plants
and animals. In plants, miRNAs guide their effector protein named ARGONAUTE (AGO) to …

Regulatory role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in the recent development of abiotic stress tolerance of plants

Y Begum - Gene, 2022 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a distinct groups of single-stranded non-coding, tiny regulatory
RNAs approximately 20–24 nucleotides in length. miRNAs negatively influence gene …

R-loops at microRNA encoding loci promote co-transcriptional processing of pri-miRNAs in plants

L Gonzalo, I Tossolini, T Gulanicz, DA Cambiagno… - Nature Plants, 2022 - nature.com
In most organisms, the maturation of nascent RNAs is coupled to transcription. Unlike in
animals, the RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcribes microRNA genes (MIRNA s) as long …

Keeping up with the miRNAs: current paradigms of the biogenesis pathway

R Mencia, L Gonzalo, I Tossolini… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
For many years we have studied the processes involved in producing miRNAs in plants and
the numerous differences from their metazoan counterpart. A well-defined catalytic process …

Recent insights into plant miRNA biogenesis: multiple layers of miRNA level regulation

M Bajczyk, A Jarmolowski, M Jozwiak, A Pacak… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs are small RNAs, 20–22 nt long, the main role of which is to downregulate gene
expression at the level of mRNAs. MiRNAs are fundamental regulators of plant growth and …

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 …

Transgene-free, virus-based gene silencing in plants by artificial microRNAs derived from minimal precursors

AE Cisneros, T Martín-García, A Primc… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Artificial microRNAs (amiRNAs) are highly specific, 21-nucleotide (nt) small RNAs designed
to silence target transcripts. In plants, their application as biotechnological tools for …

miR160: an indispensable regulator in plant

K Hao, Y Wang, Z Zhu, Y Wu, R Chen… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
MicroRNAs (miRNA), recognized as crucial regulators of gene expression at the
posttranscriptional level, have been found to be involved in the biological processes of …

Parallel degradome-seq and DMS-MaPseq substantially revise the miRNA biogenesis atlas in Arabidopsis

X Yan, C Li, K Liu, T Zhang, Q Xu, X Li, J Zhu, Z Wang… - Nature Plants, 2024 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are produced from highly structured primary transcripts (pri-miRNAs)
and regulate numerous biological processes in eukaryotes. Due to the extreme …

MIR2111-5 locus and shoot-accumulated mature miR2111 systemically enhance nodulation depending on HAR1 in Lotus japonicus

N Okuma, T Soyano, T Suzaki, M Kawaguchi - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Legumes utilize a shoot-mediated signaling system to maintain a mutualistic relationship
with nitrogen-fixing bacteria in root nodules. In Lotus japonicus, shoot-to-root transfer of …