Role of miRNAs and siRNAs in biotic and abiotic stress responses of plants

B Khraiwesh, JK Zhu, J Zhu - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2012 - Elsevier
Small, non-coding RNAs are a distinct class of regulatory RNAs in plants and animals that
control a variety of biological processes. In plants, several classes of small RNAs with …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Functional roles of microRNAs in agronomically important plants—potential as targets for crop improvement and protection

AT Djami-Tchatchou, N Sanan-Mishra… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs that have recently emerged as
important regulators of gene expression, mainly through cleavage and/or translation …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of novel soybean microRNAs involved in abiotic and biotic stresses

FR Kulcheski, LFV de Oliveira, LG Molina, MP Almerão… - BMC genomics, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background Small RNAs (19-24 nt) are key regulators of gene expression that
guide both transcriptional and post-transcriptional silencing mechanisms in eukaryotes …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of drought-responsive microRNAs in Medicago truncatula by genome-wide high-throughput sequencing

T Wang, L Chen, M Zhao, Q Tian, WH Zhang - BMC genomics, 2011 - Springer
Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, endogenous RNAs that play important
regulatory roles in development and stress response in plants by negatively affecting gene …

PMRD: plant microRNA database

Z Zhang, J Yu, D Li, Z Zhang, F Liu, X Zhou… - Nucleic acids …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
MicroRNAs (miRNA) are∼ 21 nucleotide-long non-coding small RNAs, which function as
post-transcriptional regulators in eukaryotes. miRNAs play essential roles in regulating plant …

Identification of grapevine microRNAs and their targets using high‐throughput sequencing and degradome analysis

V Pantaleo, G Szittya, S Moxon, L Miozzi… - The Plant …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In plants, microRNAs (miRNAs) comprise one of three classes of small RNAs regulating
gene expression at the post‐transcriptional level. Many plant miRNAs are conserved, and …

Role of small RNAs in host-microbe interactions

S Katiyar-Agarwal, H Jin - Annual review of phytopathology, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Plant defense responses against pathogens are mediated by activation and repression of a
large array of genes. Host endogenous small RNAs are essential in this gene expression …

[HTML][HTML] A genome-wide characterization of microRNA genes in maize

L Zhang, JM Chia, S Kumari, JC Stein, Z Liu… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs that play essential roles in plant growth,
development, and stress response. We conducted a genome-wide survey of maize miRNA …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNAs from plants to animals, do they define a new messenger for communication?

Z Li, R Xu, N Li - Nutrition & metabolism, 2018 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of single-stranded non-coding RNA of about 22 nucleotides,
are potent regulators of gene expression existing in both plants and animals. Recent studies …