Plant noncoding RNAs: hidden players in development and stress responses

Y Yu, Y Zhang, X Chen, Y Chen - Annual review of cell and …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
A large and significant portion of eukaryotic transcriptomes consists of noncoding RNAs
(ncRNAs) that have minimal or no protein-coding capacity but are functional. Diverse …

[HTML][HTML] Small RNAs–big players in plant-microbe interactions

CY Huang, H Wang, P Hu, R Hamby, H Jin - Cell host & microbe, 2019 - cell.com
Eukaryotic small RNAs (sRNAs) are short non-coding regulatory molecules that induce RNA
interference (RNAi). During microbial infection, host RNAi machinery is highly regulated and …

[HTML][HTML] Plant microRNAs: biogenesis, homeostasis, and degradation

J Wang, J Mei, G Ren - Frontiers in plant science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of endogenous, tiny, non-coding RNAs, are master regulators
of gene expression among most eukaryotes. Intracellular miRNA abundance is regulated …

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 …

Molecular innovations in plant TIR-based immunity signaling

D Lapin, O Johanndrees, Z Wu, X Li, JE Parker - The Plant Cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
A protein domain (Toll and Interleukin-1 receptor [TIR]-like) with homology to animal TIRs
mediates immune signaling in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Here, we present an overview of …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of microRNA biogenesis and stability control in plants

L Zhang, Y Xiang, S Chen, M Shi, X Jiang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of endogenous, non-coding RNAs, which is 20–24 nucleotide
long, regulate the expression of its target genes post-transcriptionally and play critical roles …

The master role of siRNAs in plant immunity

X Kong, M Yang, BH Le, W He… - Molecular Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Gene silencing mediated by small noncoding RNAs (sRNAs) is a fundamental gene
regulation mechanism in eukaryotes that broadly governs cellular processes. It has been …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] miR2118-dependent U-rich phasiRNA production in rice anther wall development

S Araki, NT Le, K Koizumi, A Villar-Briones… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Reproduction-specific small RNAs are vital regulators of germline development in animals
and plants. MicroRNA2118 (miR2118) is conserved in plants and induces the production of …

Plant evolution and environmental adaptation unveiled by long-read whole-genome sequencing of Spirodela

D An, Y Zhou, C Li, Q Xiao, T Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Aquatic plants have to adapt to the environments distinct from where land plants grow. A
critical aspect of adaptation is the dynamics of sequence repeats, not resolved in older …