MicroRNA‐based biotechnology for plant improvement

B Zhang, Q Wang - Journal of cellular physiology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are an extensive class of newly discovered endogenous small RNAs,
which negatively regulate gene expression at the post‐transcription levels. As the …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary conservation of microRNA regulatory programs in plant flower development

Y Luo, Z Guo, L Li - Developmental biology, 2013 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are post-transcriptional regulators of growth and development in both
plants and animals. Flowering is critical for the reproduction of angiosperms. Flower …

Short tandem target mimic rice lines uncover functions of miRNAs in regulating important agronomic traits

H Zhang, J Zhang, J Yan, F Gou… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Improvements in plant agricultural productivity are urgently needed to reduce the
dependency on limited natural resources and produce enough food for a growing world …

CRISPR/Cas9 editing of wheat TaQ genes alters spike morphogenesis and grain threshability

H Liu, K Wang, H Tang, Q Gong, L Du, X Pei… - Journal of Genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The TaQ alleles as one of the AP2-like transcription factors in common wheat (Triticum
aestivum) play an important role in the evolution of spike characteristics from wild and …

New alleles of the wheat domestication gene Q reveal multiple roles in growth and reproductive development

JR Greenwood, EJ Finnegan, N Watanabe… - …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
The advantages of free threshing in wheat led to the selection of the domesticated Q allele,
which is now present in almost all modern wheat varieties. Q and the pre-domestication …

[HTML][HTML] A miR172 target-deficient AP2-like gene correlates with the double flower phenotype in roses

L François, M Verdenaud, X Fu, D Ruleman… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
One of the well-known floral abnormalities in flowering plants is the double-flower
phenotype, which corresponds to flowers that develop extra petals, sometimes even …

CRISPR/Cas9 editing of wheat Ppd-1 gene homoeologs alters spike architecture and grain morphometric traits

A Errum, N Rehman, M Uzair, S Inam, GM Ali… - Functional & integrative …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Mutations in Photoperiod-1 (Ppd-1) gene are known to modify flowering time and
yield in wheat. We cloned TaPpd-1 from wheat and found high similarity among the three …

Global identification of Ginkgo biloba microRNAs and insight into their role in metabolism regulatory network of terpene trilactones by high-throughput sequencing and …

J Ye, X Zhang, J Tan, F Xu, S Cheng, Z Chen… - Industrial Crops and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Terpene trilactones (TTLs) are important secondary metabolites and healthy components of
Ginkgo biloba. They are essential for the quality of G. biloba and have been widely used in …

[HTML][HTML] From floral induction to blooming: the molecular mysteries of flowering in woody plants

L Sun, T Nie, Y Chen, Z Yin - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Flowering is a pivotal developmental process in response to the environment and
determines the start of a new life cycle in plants. Woody plants usually possess a long …

Alternative splicing and its regulatory role in woody plants

MX Chen, KL Zhang, M Zhang, D Das, YM Fang… - Tree …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Alternative splicing (AS) is an important post-transcriptional process to enhance proteome
diversity in eukaryotic organisms. In plants, numerous reports have primarily focused on AS …