TY  - BOOK
AU  - Millar, Anthony
AB  - Discovered in plants at the turn of the century, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been found to be fundamental to many aspects of plant biology. These small (20–24 nt) regulatory RNAs are derived via processing from longer imperfect double-stranded RNAs. They are then incorporated into silencing complexes, which they guide to (m)RNAs of high sequence complementarity, resulting in gene silencing outcomes, either via RNA degradation and/or translational inhibition. Some miRNAs are ancient, being present in all species of land plants and controlling fundamental processes such as phase change, organ polarity, flowering, and leaf and root development. However, there are many more miRNAs that are much less conserved and with less understood functions. This Special Issue contains seven research papers that span from understanding the function of a single miRNA family to examining how the miRNA profiles alter during abiotic stress or nutrient deficiency. The possibility of circular RNAs in plants acting as miRNA decoys to inhibit miRNA function is investigated, as was the hierarchical roles of miRNA biogenesis factors in the maintenance of phosphate homeostasis. Three reviews cover the potential of miRNAs for agronomic improvement of maize, the role of miRNA-triggered secondary small RNAs in plants, and the potential function of an ancient plant miRNA.
DO  - 10.3390/books978-3-03928-731-4
ID  - OAPEN ID: 46130
KW  - microRNAs
KW  - abiotic stress
KW  - Arabidopsis thaliana
KW  - heat stress
KW  - photosynthesis
KW  - maize (Zea mays L.)
KW  - immunoprecipitation
KW  - tapetum
KW  - resurrection plants
KW  - plastocyanin
KW  - dehydration
KW  - Tripogon loliiformis
KW  - secondary siRNA
KW  - RT-qPCR
KW  - putrescine
KW  - DRB2
KW  - phosphate (PO4) stress
KW  - argonaute
KW  - development
KW  - miR399-directed PHO2 expression regulation
KW  - circRNA
KW  - Solanum lycopersicum
KW  - copper deficiency
KW  - salt stress
KW  - DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA BINDING (DRB) proteins DRB1
KW  - P5CS
KW  - proline
KW  - phasiRNA
KW  - drought stress
KW  - agronomic traits
KW  - Colorado potato beetle
KW  - Cu-microRNA
KW  - plant
KW  - miR171
KW  - STTM
KW  - aleurone
KW  - PHOSPHATE2 (PHO2)
KW  - vegetative growth
KW  - nutrient availability
KW  - miRNAs
KW  - non-coding RNA
KW  - pollen
KW  - tomato
KW  - flowering
KW  - crop improvement
KW  - callose
KW  - miRNA target gene expression
KW  - circular RNAs
KW  - miRNA
KW  - programmed cell death
KW  - DRB4
KW  - microRNA (miRNA)
KW  - target mimicry
KW  - MYB transcription factors
KW  - post-transcriptional gene silencing
KW  - desiccation
KW  - miR399
KW  - miR159
KW  - copper protein
KW  - drought
KW  - microRNAs (miRNAs)
KW  - microRNA
KW  - GAMYB
KW  - tasiRNA
KW  - phosphorous (P)
L1  - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/2324
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/58591
PB  - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
PY  - 2020
SN  - 9783039287307
SN  - 9783039287314
TI  - The Role of MicroRNAs in Plantsnull
ER  - 
