Functions of microRNAs in plant stress responses

R Sunkar, YF Li, G Jagadeeswaran - Trends in plant science, 2012 - cell.com
The discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs) as gene regulators has led to a paradigm shift in the
understanding of post-transcriptional gene regulation in plants and animals. miRNAs have …

Abscisic acid: emergence of a core signaling network

SR Cutler, PL Rodriguez, RR Finkelstein… - Annual review of …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Abscisic acid (ABA) regulates numerous developmental processes and adaptive stress
responses in plants. Many ABA signaling components have been identified, but their …

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 …

Drought stress adaptation: metabolic adjustment and regulation of gene expression

S Bhargava, K Sawant - Plant breeding, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Plants cope with drought stress by manipulating key physiological processes like
photosynthesis, respiration, water relations, antioxidant and hormonal metabolism. There …

Constitutive Expression of a miR319 Gene Alters Plant Development and Enhances Salt and Drought Tolerance in Transgenic Creeping Bentgrass

M Zhou, D Li, Z Li, Q Hu, C Yang, L Zhu… - Plant physiology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract MicroRNA319 (miR319) is one of the first characterized and conserved microRNA
families in plants and has been demonstrated to target TCP (for TEOSINTE BRANCHED …

Abiotic stress responses in plants: present and future

N Mantri, V Patade, S Penna, R Ford… - Abiotic stress responses in …, 2012 - Springer
Drought, cold, high-salinity and heat are major abiotic stresses that severely reduce the yield
of food crops worldwide. Traditional plant breeding approaches to improve abiotic stress …

Transgenerational Adaptation of Arabidopsis to Stress Requires DNA Methylation and the Function of Dicer-Like Proteins

A Boyko, T Blevins, Y Yao, A Golubov, A Bilichak… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Epigenetic states and certain environmental responses in mammals and seed plants can
persist in the next sexual generation. These transgenerational effects have potential …

miR319a targeting of TCP4 is critical for petal growth and development in Arabidopsis

A Nag, S King, T Jack - Proceedings of the National …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
In a genetic screen in a drnl-2 background, we isolated a loss-of-function allele in miR319a
(miR319a129). Previously, miR319a has been postulated to play a role in leaf development …

Diverse set of microRNAs are responsive to powdery mildew infection and heat stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

M Xin, Y Wang, Y Yao, C Xie, H Peng, Z Ni, Q Sun - BMC plant biology, 2010 - Springer
Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding regulatory RNAs that
regulate gene expression by guiding target mRNA cleavage or translational inhibition …

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 …