Evolution and Functional Diversification of MIRNA Genes

JT Cuperus, N Fahlgren, JC Carrington - The Plant Cell, 2011 - academic.oup.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small regulatory RNAs found in diverse eukaryotic lineages. In
plants, a minority of annotated MIRNA gene families are conserved between plant families …

Specialization and evolution of endogenous small RNA pathways

EJ Chapman, JC Carrington - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2007 - nature.com
The specificity of RNA silencing is conferred by small RNA guides that are processed from
structured RNA or dsRNA. The core components for small RNA biogenesis and effector …

[HTML][HTML] High-Throughput Sequencing of Arabidopsis microRNAs: Evidence for Frequent Birth and Death of MIRNA Genes

N Fahlgren, MD Howell, KD Kasschau, EJ Chapman… - PloS one, 2007 - journals.plos.org
In plants, microRNAs (miRNAs) comprise one of two classes of small RNAs that function
primarily as negative regulators at the posttranscriptional level. Several MIRNA genes in the …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization and identification of microRNA core promoters in four model species

X Zhou, J Ruan, G Wang, W Zhang - PLoS computational biology, 2007 - journals.plos.org
MicroRNAs are short, noncoding RNAs that play important roles in post-transcriptional gene
regulation. Although many functions of microRNAs in plants and animals have been …

Role of microRNAs in lung development and pulmonary diseases

R Sessa, A Hata - Pulmonary circulation, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small noncoding RNA which exert post-transcriptional
gene regulation activity by targeting messenger RNAs. miRNAs have been found to be …

Genomic analysis of rice microRNA promoters and clusters

X Cui, SM Xu, DS Mu, ZM Yang - Gene, 2009 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous single-stranded non-coding small RNAs with a
length of about 21 nt, that negatively regulate development and stresses. Rice miRNAs are …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of miR163 and its targets in defense against Pseudomonas syringae in Arabidopsis thaliana

HT Chow, DWK Ng - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Small RNAs are important regulators for a variety of biological processes, including leaf
development, flowering-time, embryogenesis and defense responses. miR163 is a non …

Characterization and expression analysis of the Arabidopsis mir169 family

Y Li, Y Fu, L Ji, C Wu, C Zheng - Plant science, 2010 - Elsevier
The mir169 family is a large and conserved miRNA family in many plant species. The
Arabidopsis genome contains 14 members of the mir169 family, including three tandem …

Deciphering the diversity of small RNAs in plants: the long and short of it

F Schwach, S Moxon, V Moulton… - Briefings in Functional …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
RNA silencing is a complex and highly conserved regulatory mechanism that is now known
to be involved in such diverse processes as development, pathogen control, genome …

[PDF][PDF] Evolutionary genomics of microRNAs and their relatives

A Tanzer, M Riester, J Hertel… - … genomics and systems …, 2010 - academia.edu
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are an abundant class of small noncoding RNA (ncRNA) genes which
were found in eukaryotes, in particular in metazoans and plants, and in their viruses …