RNA-directed DNA methylation: an epigenetic pathway of increasing complexity

MA Matzke, RA Mosher - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) is the major small RNA-mediated epigenetic
pathway in plants. RdDM requires a specialized transcriptional machinery that comprises …

Classification and comparison of small RNAs from plants

MJ Axtell - Annual review of plant biology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Regulatory small RNAs, which range in size from 20 to 24 nucleotides, are ubiquitous
components of endogenous plant transcriptomes, as well as common responses to …

The Norway spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution

B Nystedt, NR Street, A Wetterbom, A Zuccolo, YC Lin… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Conifers have dominated forests for more than 200 million years and are of huge ecological
and economic importance. Here we present the draft assembly of the 20-gigabase genome …

DNA methylation mediated by a microRNA pathway

L Wu, H Zhou, Q Zhang, J Zhang, F Ni, C Liu, Y Qi - Molecular cell, 2010 - cell.com
In plants, the known microRNAs (miRNAs) are produced as∼ 21 nucleotide (nt) duplexes
from their precursors by Dicer-like 1 (DCL1). They are incorporated into Argonaute 1 (AGO1) …

Noncoding RNA in development

PP Amaral, JS Mattick - Mammalian genome, 2008 - Springer
Non-protein-coding sequences increasingly dominate the genomes of multicellular
organisms as their complexity increases, in contrast to protein-coding genes, which remain …

Massive analysis of rice small RNAs: mechanistic implications of regulated microRNAs and variants for differential target RNA cleavage

DH Jeong, S Park, J Zhai, SGR Gurazada… - The Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Small RNAs have a variety of important roles in plant development, stress responses, and
other processes. They exert their influence by guiding mRNA cleavage, translational …

Site‐specific binding of a PPR protein defines and stabilizes 5′ and 3′ mRNA termini in chloroplasts

J Pfalz, OA Bayraktar, J Prikryl, A Barkan - The EMBO journal, 2009 - embopress.org
Chloroplast mRNA populations are characterized by overlapping transcripts derived by
processing from polycistronic precursors. The mechanisms and functional significance of …

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 …

Deep sequencing of tomato short RNAs identifies microRNAs targeting genes involved in fruit ripening

S Moxon, R Jing, G Szittya, F Schwach… - Genome …, 2008 - genome.cshlp.org
In plants there are several classes of 21–24-nt short RNAs that regulate gene expression.
The most conserved class is the microRNAs (miRNAs), although some miRNAs are found …