Missing pieces in the puzzle of plant microRNAs.


Autoria(s): Reis R.S.; Eamens A.L.; Waterhouse P.M.
Data(s)

2015

Resumo

Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulatory switches. Recent advances have revealed many regulatory layers between the two essential processes, miRNA biogenesis and function. However, how these multilayered regulatory processes ultimately control miRNA gene regulation and connects miRNAs and plant responses with the surrounding environment is still largely unknown. In this opinion article, we propose that the miRNA pathway is highly dynamic and plastic. The apparent flexibility of the miRNA pathway in plants appears to be controlled by a number recently identified proteins and poorly characterized signaling cascades. We further propose that altered miRNA accumulation can be a direct consequence of the rewiring of interactions between proteins that function in the miRNA pathway, an avenue that remains largely unexplored.

Identificador

http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_A435CEB00F83

isbn:1878-4372 (Electronic)

pmid:26442682

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2015.08.003

isiid:000365371000007

Idioma(s)

en

Fonte

Trends in Plant Science, vol. 20, no. 11, pp. 721-728

Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/review

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