The Diversity of Plant Small RNAs Silencing Mechanisms

Authors

  • Jens A. Schröder
  • Pauline E. Jullien

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2019.362

PMID:

31118117

Keywords:

Argonaute, Dna methylation, Plant, Silencing, Small rna

Abstract

Small RNAs gene regulation was first discovered about 20 years ago. It represents a conserve gene regulation mechanism across eukaryotes and is associated to key regulatory processes. In plants, small RNAs tightly regulate development, but also maintain genome stability and protect the plant against pathogens. Small RNA gene regulation in plants can be divided in two canonical pathways: Post-transcriptional Gene Silencing (PTGS) that results in transcript degradation and/or translational inhibition or Transcriptional Gene Silencing (TGS) that results in DNA methylation. In this review, we will focus on the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. We will provide a brief overview of the molecular mechanisms involved in canonical small RNA pathways as well as introducing more atypical pathways recently discovered.

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Published

2019-05-29

How to Cite

[1]
J. A. Schröder, P. E. Jullien, Chimia 2019, 73, 362, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2019.362.

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Scientific Articles