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Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volume 74, 2023

Plant Small RNAs: Their Biogenesis, Regulatory Roles, and Functions

Abstract

Plant cells accumulate small RNA molecules that regulate plant development, genome stability, and environmental responses. These small RNAs fall into three major classes based on their function and mechanisms of biogenesis—microRNAs, heterochromatic small interfering RNAs, and secondary small interfering RNAs—plus several other less well-characterized categories. Biogenesis of each small RNA class requires a pathway of factors, some specific to each pathway and others involved in multiple pathways. Diverse sequenced plant genomes, along with rapid developments in sequencing, imaging, and genetic transformation techniques, have enabled significant progress in understanding the biogenesis, functions, and evolution of plant small RNAs, including those that had been poorly characterized because they were absent or had low representation in (). Here, we review recent findings about plant small RNAs and discuss our current understanding of their biogenesis mechanisms, targets, modes of action, mobility, and functions in and other plant species, including economically important crops.

Keyword(s): miRNA, mobile siRNA, phasiRNA, plant development, siRNA
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Plant Small RNAs: Their Biogenesis, Regulatory Roles, and Functions
Annual Review of Plant Biology 74, 21 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-arplant-070122-035226
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