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 …

PhasiRNAs in plants: their biogenesis, genic sources, and roles in stress responses, development, and reproduction

Y Liu, C Teng, R Xia, BC Meyers - Plant Cell, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Phased secondary small interfering RNAs (phasiRNAs) constitute a major category of small
RNAs in plants, but most of their functions are still poorly defined. Some phasiRNAs, known …

Phylogenetic analyses of seven protein families refine the evolution of small RNA pathways in green plants

S Bélanger, J Zhan, BC Meyers - Plant physiology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Several protein families participate in the biogenesis and function of small RNAs (sRNAs) in
plants. Those with primary roles include Dicer-like (DCL), RNA-dependent RNA polymerase …

The unusual predominance of maintenance DNA methylation in Spirodela polyrhiza

A Harkess, AJ Bewick, Z Lu… - G3: Genes …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Duckweeds are among the fastest reproducing plants, able to clonally divide at exponential
rates. However, the genetic and epigenetic impact of clonality on plant genomes is poorly …

The genomes and epigenomes of aquatic plants (Lemnaceae) promote triploid hybridization and clonal reproduction

E Ernst, B Abramson, K Acosta, PTN Hoang… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The Lemnaceae (duckweeds) are the world's smallest but fastest growing flowering plants,
with a drastically reduced morphology and predominant clonal reproductive habit capable of …

24-nt phasiRNAs move from tapetal to meiotic cells in maize anthers

X Zhou, K Huang, C Teng, A Abdelgawad, M Batish… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Abstract In maize, 24-nt phased, secondary small interfering RNAs (phasiRNAs) are
abundant in meiotic stage anthers, but their distribution and functions are not precisely …

Pre-meiotic 21-nucleotide reproductive phasiRNAs emerged in seed plants and diversified in flowering plants

S Pokhrel, K Huang, S Bélanger, J Zhan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Plant small RNAs are important regulatory elements that fine-tune gene expression and
maintain genome integrity by silencing transposons. Reproductive organs of monocots …

Asymmetric bulges within hairpin RNA transgenes influence small RNA size, secondary siRNA production and viral defence

D Zhang, D Jue, N Smith, C Zhong… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Small RNAs (sRNAs) are essential for normal plant development and range in size classes
of 21–24 nucleotides. The 22nt small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and miRNAs are processed …

The Streptochaeta Genome and the Evolution of the Grasses

AS Seetharam, Y Yu, S Bélanger, LG Clark… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In this work, we sequenced and annotated the genome of Streptochaeta angustifolia, one of
two genera in the grass subfamily Anomochlooideae, a lineage sister to all other grasses …

Conserved and non‐conserved triggers of 24‐nucleotide reproductive phasiRNAs in eudicots

S Pokhrel, K Huang, BC Meyers - The Plant Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Small RNAs play important roles in plant growth and development by modulating expression
of genes and transposons. In many flowering plant species, male reproductive organs, the …