MicroRNAs in crop improvement: fine-tuners for complex traits

J Tang, C Chu - Nature plants, 2017 - nature.com
One of the most common challenges for both conventional and modern crop improvement is
that the appearance of one desirable trait in a new crop variety is always balanced by the …

PhasiRNAs in plants: their biogenesis, genic sources, and roles in stress responses, development, and reproduction

Y Liu, C Teng, R Xia, BC Meyers - Plant Cell, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Phased secondary small interfering RNAs (phasiRNAs) constitute a major category of small
RNAs in plants, but most of their functions are still poorly defined. Some phasiRNAs, known …

Phased, secondary, small interfering RNAs in posttranscriptional regulatory networks

Q Fei, R Xia, BC Meyers - The Plant Cell, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Plant genomes are the source of large numbers of small RNAs, generated via a variety of
genetically separable pathways. Several of these pathways converge in the production of …

Comprehensive mechanism of gene silencing and its role in plant growth and development

AH El-Sappah, K Yan, Q Huang, MM Islam… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Gene silencing is a negative feedback mechanism that regulates gene expression to define
cell fate and also regulates metabolism and gene expression throughout the life of an …

MicroRNAs Suppress NB Domain Genes in Tomato That Confer Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum

S Ouyang, G Park, HS Atamian, CS Han… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) suppress the transcriptional and post-transcriptional expression of
genes in plants. Several miRNA families target genes encoding nucleotide-binding site …

Small but powerful: function of microRNAs in plant development

H Liu, H Yu, G Tang, T Huang - Plant Cell Reports, 2018 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of endogenous noncoding small RNAs frequently 21
nucleotides long. miRNAs act as negative regulators of their target genes through sequence …

Extensive Families of miRNAs and PHAS Loci in Norway Spruce Demonstrate the Origins of Complex phasiRNA Networks in Seed Plants

R Xia, J Xu, S Arikit, BC Meyers - Molecular biology and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
In eudicot plants, the miR482/miR2118 superfamily regulates and instigates the production
of phased secondary small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) from NB-LRR (nucleotide binding …

MicroRNA-mediated gene regulation: potential applications for plant genetic engineering

M Zhou, H Luo - Plant molecular biology, 2013 - Springer
Food security is one of the most important issues challenging the world today. Any strategies
to solve this problem must include increasing crop yields and quality. MicroRNA-based …

MicroRNA superfamilies descended from miR390 and their roles in secondary small interfering RNA biogenesis in eudicots

R Xia, BC Meyers, Z Liu, EP Beers, S Ye, Z Liu - The Plant Cell, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Trans-acting small interfering RNAs (tasiRNAs) are a major class of small RNAs performing
essential biological functions in plants. The first reported tasiRNA pathway, that of miR173 …

The role of mitochondria in plant development and stress tolerance

KL Liberatore, S Dukowic-Schulze, ME Miller… - Free Radical Biology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic cells require orchestrated communication between nuclear and organellar
genomes, perturbations in which are linked to stress response and disease in both animals …