The initiation of RNA interference (RNAi) in plants

YH Hung, RK Slotkin - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Unlike RNA decay, RNAi results in continued rounds of post-transcriptional
silencing.•Pathways exist for both uncleaved and small RNA-sliced transcripts to enter …

Research progress on plant noncoding RNAs in response to low-temperature stress

C Huo, B Zhang, R Wang - Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Low temperature (LT) is an important factor limiting plant growth and distribution. Plants
have evolved sophisticated adaptive mechanisms to cope with hypothermia. RNA silencing …

Microbial effector proteins–a journey through the proteolytic landscape

G Langin, P Gouguet, S Üstün - Trends in microbiology, 2020 - cell.com
In the evolutionary arms race between pathogens and plants, pathogens evolved effector
molecules that they secrete into the host to subvert plant cellular responses in a process …

Analysis of mRNA-derived siRNAs in mutants of mRNA maturation and surveillance pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana

M Krzyszton, J Kufel - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Defects in RNA maturation and RNA decay factors may generate substrates for the RNA
interference machinery. This phenomenon was observed in plants where mutations in some …

The epigenetic factor FVE orchestrates cytoplasmic SGS3-DRB4-DCL4 activities to promote transgene silencing in Arabidopsis

D Sun, Y Li, Z Ma, X Yan, N Li, B Shang, X Hu… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Posttranscriptional gene silencing (PTGS) is a regulatory mechanism to suppress undesired
transcripts. Here, we identified Flowering locus VE (FVE), a well-known epigenetic …

The diversity of post-transcriptional gene silencing mediated by small silencing RNAs in plants

H Tan, B Li, H Guo - Essays in Biochemistry, 2020 - portlandpress.com
In plants, post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) tightly regulates development,
maintains genome stability and protects plant against foreign genes. PTGS can be triggered …

The RPT2a–MET1 axis regulates TERMINAL FLOWER1 to control inflorescence meristem indeterminacy in Arabidopsis

WJ Yao, YP Wang, J Peng, PP Yin, H Gao, L Xu… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Plant inflorescence architecture is determined by inflorescence meristem (IM) activity and
controlled by genetic mechanisms associated with environmental factors. In Arabidopsis …

Proteolytic control of the RNA silencing machinery

P Genschik, M Schiaffini, E Lechner - The Plant Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Studies in plants were often pioneering in the field of RNA silencing and revealed a broad
range of small RNA (sRNA) categories. When associated with ARGONAUTE (AGO) proteins …

Physiological and proteomic analyses of two Acanthus species to tidal flooding stress

Y Liu, H Zheng - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The mangrove plant Acanthus ilicifolius and its relative, Acanthus mollis, have been
previously proved to possess diverse pharmacological effects. Therefore, evaluating the …

Mutational analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana ABCE2 identifies important motifs for its RNA silencing suppressor function

J Mõttus, S Maiste, P Eek, E Truve, C Sarmiento - Plant Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
ATP‐binding cassette sub‐family E member 1 (ABCE1) is recognized as a strongly
conserved ribosome recycling factor, indispensable for translation in archaea and …