Increasing grain yield is the most important object of crop breeding. Here, we report that the
elevated expression of a conserved microRNA, OsmiR408, could positively regulate grain …

MicroRNA408 (miR408) is an ancient and highly conserved miRNA, which is involved in the
regulation of plant growth, development and stress response. However, previous research …

The ability of a plant to produce grain, fruit, or forage depends ultimately on photosynthesis.
There have been few attempts, however, to study microRNAs, which are a class of …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small noncoding RNAs that play important roles in plant
growth and development as well as in stress responses. However, little is known about their …

Abstract microRNAs (miRNAs) are novel and significant regulators of gene expression at the
post-transcriptional level, and they are essential for normal growth and development and …

miR408 is highly conserved among different plant species and targets transcripts encoding
copper-binding proteins. The function of miR408 in reproductive development remains …

Extensive studies in various plants show that the anthocyanin biosynthetic process is
affected by environmental factors and regulated by many transcription factors through …

Abstract Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) are RNAs of 20–22 nucleotides in length with
sequence complementarities to specific mRNAs that are targeted for either cleavage or …

The microRNA miR396 directly represses GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORs (OsGRFs)
and has been implicated in regulating rice yield and in nitrogen assimilation …

Background In Arabidopsis, AGO1 and AGO2 associate with small RNAs that exhibit a
Uridine and an Adenosine at their 5′ end, respectively. Because most plant miRNAs have …