Plant and animal small RNA communications between cells and organisms

X Chen, O Rechavi - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Since the discovery of eukaryotic small RNAs as the main effectors of RNA interference in
the late 1990s, diverse types of endogenous small RNAs have been characterized, most …

Principles of transgenerational small RNA inheritance in Caenorhabditis elegans

O Rechavi, I Lev - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Examples of transgenerational inheritance of environmental responses are rapidly
accumulating. In Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes, such heritable information transmits …

Small non-coding RNAs derived from eukaryotic ribosomal RNA

M Lambert, A Benmoussa, P Provost - Non-coding RNA, 2019 - mdpi.com
The advent of RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq) technologies has markedly improved our
knowledge and expanded the compendium of small non-coding RNAs, most of which derive …

Small RNAs in epigenetic inheritance: from mechanisms to trait transmission

G Cecere - FEBS letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Inherited information is transmitted to progeny primarily by the genome through the gametes.
However, in recent years, epigenetic inheritance has been demonstrated in several …

An essential role for the piRNA pathway in regulating the ribosomal RNA pool in C. elegans

L Wahba, L Hansen, AZ Fire - Developmental cell, 2021 - cell.com
Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are RNA effectors with key roles in maintaining genome
integrity and promoting fertility in metazoans. In Caenorhabditis elegans loss of piRNAs …

Novel Antarctic yeast adapts to cold by switching energy metabolism and increasing small RNA synthesis

D Touchette, I Altshuler, C Gostinčar, P Zalar… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The novel extremophilic yeast Rhodotorula frigidialcoholis, formerly R. JG1b, was isolated
from ice-cemented permafrost in University Valley (Antarctic), one of coldest and driest …

A cytoplasmic Argonaute protein promotes the inheritance of RNAi

F Xu, X Feng, X Chen, C Weng, Q Yan, T Xu, M Hong… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
RNAi-elicited gene silencing is heritable and can persist for multiple generations after its
initial induction in C. elegans. However, the mechanism by which parental-acquired trait …

Site‐specific analysis reveals candidate cross‐kingdom small RNAs, tRNA and rRNA fragments, and signs of fungal RNA phasing in the barley–powdery mildew …

S Kusch, M Singh, H Thieron, PD Spanu… - Molecular Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The establishment of host–microbe interactions requires molecular communication between
both partners, which may involve the mutual transfer of noncoding small RNAs. Previous …

Beyond rRNA: nucleolar transcription generates a complex network of RNAs with multiple roles in maintaining cellular homeostasis

S Feng, JL Manley - Genes & Development, 2022 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Nucleoli are the major cellular compartments for the synthesis of rRNA and assembly of
ribosomes, the macromolecular complexes responsible for protein synthesis. Given the …

The BRCA1 BRCT promotes antisense RNA production and double-stranded RNA formation to suppress ribosomal R-loops

CW Chang, AK Singh, M Li, L Guan… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
R-loops, or RNA: DNA hybrids, can induce DNA damage, which requires DNA repair factors
including breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein (BRCA1) to restore genomic integrity. To …