Functional Roles of microRNAs in Agronomically Important Plants—Potential as Targets for Crop Improvement and Protection

MicroRNA expression profiles in response to drought stress in Sorghum bicolor

(2016) Nada Babiker Hamza et al.   GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS

Functional diversity of microRNA variants in plants

(2016) Dong-Hoon Jeong   JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOLOGY

Messages on small RNA duplexes in plants

(2016) Taichiro Iki   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Small RNAs Add Zing to the Zig-Zag-Zig Model of Plant Defenses

(2016) Qili Fei et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

The Slicer Activity of ARGONAUTE1 is Required Specifically for the Phasing, Not Production, of Trans-Acting Short Interfering RNAs in Arabidopsis

(2016) Laura Arribas-Hernández et al.   PLANT CELL

Revolutionizing plant biology: multiple ways of genome engineering by CRISPR/Cas

(2016) Simon Schiml et al.   Plant Methods

Use of TALEs and TALEN Technology for Genetic Improvement of Plants

(2016) Zulqurnain Khan et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER

MicroRNA Regulatory Mechanisms on Citrus sinensis leaves to Magnesium-Deficiency

(2016) Cui-Lan Ma et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

MicroRNAs As Potential Targets for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

(2016) Varsha Shriram et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Overview of the potential of microRNAs and their target gene detection for cassava (Manihot esculenta) improvement

(2016) Amiteye Samuel et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Unveiling the Micronome of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

(2016) Sarah Jane Rogans et al.   PLoS One

CRISPR/cas9, a novel genomic tool to knock down microRNA in vitro and in vivo

(2016) Hong Chang et al.   Scientific Reports

Role of microRNAs in rice plant under salt stress

(2015) D. Mittal et al.   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

New Insights on Coffea miRNAs: Features and Evolutionary Conservation

(2015) S. S. Chaves et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Assessment of miRNA expression profile and differential expression pattern of target genes in cold-tolerant and cold-sensitive tomato cultivars

(2015) Ibrahim Koc et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT

Targeted genome modifications in soybean with CRISPR/Cas9

(2015) Thomas B Jacobs et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

Boron-deficiency-responsive microRNAs and their targets in Citrus sinensis leaves

(2015) Yi-Bin Lu et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Lipopolysaccharide perception leads to dynamic alterations in the microtranscriptome of Arabidopsis thaliana cells and leaf tissues

(2015) Arnaud T Djami-Tchatchou et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Potential functions of microRNAs in starch metabolism and development revealed by miRNA transcriptome profiling of cassava cultivars and their wild progenitor

(2015) Xin Chen et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Identification and Characterization of Novel Maize Mirnas Involved in Different Genetic Background

(2015) Lei Sheng et al.   International Journal of Biological Sciences

Identification of miRNAs and Their Targets in Cotton Inoculated with Verticillium dahliae by High-Throughput Sequencing and Degradome Analysis

(2015) Yujuan Zhang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Role of microRNAs During Flower and Storage Root Development in Sweet Potato

(2015) Runrun Sun et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER

Regulation of Nicotine Biosynthesis by an Endogenous Target Mimicry of MicroRNA in Tobacco

(2015) Fangfang Li et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

MicroRNAs in cotton: an open world needs more exploration

(2015) Qinglian Wang et al.   PLANTA

MicroRNAs and drought responses in sugarcane

(2015) Agustina Gentile et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Identification of cold-inducible microRNAs in grapevine

(2015) Xiaoming Sun et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Targeting Non-Coding RNAs in Plants with the CRISPR-Cas Technology is a Challenge yet Worth Accepting

(2015) Jolly Basak et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Profiling the expression domains of a rice-specific microRNA under stress

(2015) Neha Sharma et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Small RNAs in plants: recent development and application for crop improvement

(2015) Ayushi Kamthan et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Global Identification of MicroRNAs and Their Targets in Barley under Salinity Stress

(2015) Pingchuan Deng et al.   PLoS One

Grapevine microRNAs responsive to exogenous gibberellin

(2014) Jian Han et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Whole-genome discovery of miRNAs and their targets in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

(2014) Fenglong Sun et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Identification of boron-deficiency-responsive microRNAs in Citrus sinensis roots by Illumina sequencing

(2014) Yi-Bin Lu et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Identification and characterization of cold-responsive microRNAs in tea plant (Camellia sinensis) and their targets using high-throughput sequencing and degradome analysis

(2014) Yue Zhang et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

MicroRNA–target gene responses to lead-induced stress in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

(2014) Qiuling He et al.   FUNCTIONAL & INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS

Identification of novel and conserved microRNAs in Coffea canephora and Coffea arabica

(2014) Guilherme Loss-Morais et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

MicroRNA-Based Biotechnology for Plant Improvement

(2014) Baohong Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Small RNA and Degradome Deep Sequencing Reveals Peanut MicroRNA Roles in Response to Pathogen Infection

(2014) Chuanzhi Zhao et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER

Identification of apple miRNAs and their potential role in fire blight resistance

(2014) Elżbieta Kaja et al.   Tree Genetics & Genomes

Identification and functional analysis of new conserved microRNAs and their targets in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

(2014) Muhammad DIN et al.   TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The tobacco genome sequence and its comparison with those of tomato and potato

(2014) Nicolas Sierro et al.   Nature Communications

MicroRNAs Suppress NB Domain Genes in Tomato That Confer Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum

(2014) Shouqiang Ouyang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Novel insights from non-conserved microRNAs in plants

(2014) Zhengrui Qin et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

MicroRNAs Involved in the Pathogenesis of Phytophthora Root Rot of Soybean (Glycine max)

(2013) Jingi WANG et al.   Agricultural Sciences in China

Overexpression of miR160 affects root growth and nitrogen-fixing nodule number in Medicago truncatula

(2013) Pilar Bustos-Sanmamed et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Response of miRNAs and their targets to salt and drought stresses in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

(2013) Min Wang et al.   GENE

Identification of miRNAs and their targets in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by EST analysis

(2013) J. Han et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH

Identification and characterization of microRNAs in the developing maize endosperm

(2013) Yong Gu et al.   GENOMICS

Identification of microRNA targets in tomato fruit development using high-throughput sequencing and degradome analysis

(2013) Rumyana Karlova et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Identification of miRNAs and their targets in tea (Camellia sinensis)

(2013) Quan-wu Zhu et al.   Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B

RNA-Guided Genome Editing in Plants Using a CRISPR–Cas System

(2013) Kabin Xie et al.   Molecular Plant

Cloning and Characterization of miRNAs and Their Targets, Including a Novel miRNA-Targeted NBS–LRR Protein Class Gene in Apple (Golden Delicious)

(2013) Chao Ma et al.   Molecular Plant

Overexpression of microRNA OsmiR397 improves rice yield by increasing grain size and promoting panicle branching

(2013) Yu-Chan Zhang et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Identification of a novel microRNA (miRNA) from rice that targets an alternatively spliced transcript of theNramp6(Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 6) gene involved in pathogen resistance

(2013) Sonia Campo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

High-throughput deep sequencing shows that microRNAs play important roles in switchgrass responses to drought and salinity stress

(2013) Fuliang Xie et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Overexpression of microRNA319 impacts leaf morphogenesis and leads to enhanced cold tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

(2013) CHUNHUA YANG et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Transcriptome-wide analysis of dynamic variations in regulation modes of grapevine microRNAs on their target genes during grapevine development

(2013) Chen Wang et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

MicroRNA-mediated gene regulation: potential applications for plant genetic engineering

(2013) Man Zhou et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

MicroRNA prediction and its function in regulating drought-related genes in cowpea

(2013) Xiao-Rong Shui et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

High-Throughput Sequencing of Small RNA Transcriptome Reveals Salt Stress Regulated MicroRNAs in Sugarcane

(2013) Mariana Carnavale Bottino et al.   PLoS One

Computational identification of miRNA and targets from expressed sequence tags of coffee (Coffea arabica)

(2013) Arzuba Akter et al.   SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Identification and characterization of microRNAs in Phaseolus vulgaris by high-throughput sequencing

(2012) Pablo Pelaez et al.   BMC GENOMICS

An EST-based analysis identifies new genes and reveals distinctive gene expression features of Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora

(2012) Jorge MC Mondego et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

miRNA164-directed cleavage of ZmNAC1 confers lateral root development in maize (Zea mays L.)

(2012) Jing Li et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Identification of wounding and topping responsive small RNAs in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

(2012) She Tang et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Bioinformatic identification of cassava miRNAs differentially expressed in response to infection by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis

(2012) Álvaro L Pérez-Quintero et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

miRNA regulation in the early development of barley seed

(2012) Julien Curaba et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Identification of wild soybean miRNAs and their target genes responsive to aluminum stress

(2012) Qiao-Ying Zeng et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Roles for MicroRNAs in Conferring Robustness to Biological Processes

(2012) Margaret S. Ebert et al.   CELL

Identification and Characterization of MicroRNAs from Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) by High-Throughput Sequencing

(2012) Shuzuo Lv et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Computational Identification of MicroRNAs and Their Targets in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz.)

(2012) Onsaya Patanun et al.   MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY

The draft genome of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)

(2012) Qiang Xu et al.   NATURE GENETICS

MicroR828 regulates lignin and H2 O2 accumulation in sweet potato on wounding

(2012) Jeng-Shane Lin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Overexpression of miR156 in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) results in various morphological alterations and leads to improved biomass production

(2012) Chunxiang Fu et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Gradual Increase of miR156 Regulates Temporal Expression Changes of Numerous Genes during Leaf Development in Rice

(2012) K. Xie et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

MicroRNA Expression Analysis in the Cellulosic Biofuel Crop Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) under Abiotic Stress

(2012) Guiling Sun et al.   PLoS One

OsTIR1 and OsAFB2 Downregulation via OsmiR393 Overexpression Leads to More Tillers, Early Flowering and Less Tolerance to Salt and Drought in Rice

(2012) Kuaifei Xia et al.   PLoS One

Identification and Characterization of MicroRNAs in Asiatic Cotton (Gossypium arboreum L.)

(2012) Min Wang et al.   PLoS One

microRNAs Associated with Drought Response in the Bioenergy Crop Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.)

(2012) Thaís Helena Ferreira et al.   PLoS One

Plant Small RNAs: Biogenesis, Mode of Action and Their Roles in Abiotic Stresses

(2012) Praveen Guleria et al.   GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS

NAC transcription factors in plant abiotic stress responses

(2011) Kazuo Nakashima et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Identification of novel soybean microRNAs involved in abiotic and biotic stresses

(2011) Franceli R Kulcheski et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Deep sequencing of the Camellia sinensis transcriptome revealed candidate genes for major metabolic pathways of tea-specific compounds

(2011) Cheng-Ying Shi et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Identification of miRNAs and their target genes in developing soybean seeds by deep sequencing

(2011) Qing-Xin Song et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Identification and comparative analysis of drought-associated microRNAs in two cowpea genotypes

(2011) Blanca E Barrera-Figueroa et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

In silico identification and characterization of microRNAs and their putative target genes in Solanaceae plants

(2011) Hyun-Jin Kim et al.   GENOME

Identification and temporal expression analysis of conserved and novel microRNAs in Sorghum

(2011) Li Zhang et al.   GENOMICS

Identification of conserved and novel microRNAs that are responsive to heat stress in Brassica rapa

(2011) Xiang Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Difference in miRNA expression profiles between two cotton cultivars with distinct salt sensitivity

(2011) Zujun Yin et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Functional characterization of the switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) R2R3-MYB transcription factor PvMYB4 for improvement of lignocellulosic feedstocks

(2011) Hui Shen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolution and Functional Diversification ofMIRNAGenes

(2011) Josh T. Cuperus et al.   PLANT CELL

Massive Analysis of Rice Small RNAs: Mechanistic Implications of Regulated MicroRNAs and Variants for Differential Target RNA Cleavage

(2011) D.-H. Jeong et al.   PLANT CELL

MicroRNAs and their diverse functions in plants

(2011) Guiling Sun   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Regulation of Gene Expression in Plants through miRNA Inactivation

(2011) Sergey Ivashuta et al.   PLoS One

Characterization of microRNAs Identified in a Table Grapevine Cultivar with Validation of Computationally Predicted Grapevine miRNAs by miR-RACE

(2011) Chen Wang et al.   PLoS One

Identification and Characterization of microRNAs from Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) by High-Throughput Sequencing

(2011) Xiaoyuan Chi et al.   PLoS One

Differential Expression of miRNAs in Response to Topping in Flue-Cured Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Roots

(2011) Hongxiang Guo et al.   PLoS One

Sugarcane Under Pressure: An Overview of Biochemical and Physiological Studies of Abiotic Stress

(2011) Ricardo A. Azevedo et al.   Tropical Plant Biology

Over-expression of microRNA169 confers enhanced drought tolerance to tomato

(2010) Xiaohui Zhang et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Characterisation of microRNAs from apple (Malus domestica 'Royal Gala') vascular tissue and phloem sap

(2010) Erika Varkonyi-Gasic et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Deep sequencing identifies novel and conserved microRNAs in peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.)

(2010) Chuan-Zhi Zhao et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Identification and expression analysis of microRNAs and targets in the biofuel crop sugarcane

(2010) Almir S Zanca et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Prediction of sorghum miRNAs and their targets with computational methods

(2010) JiangFeng Du et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

Computational Identification of Novel MicroRNAs and Their Targets inVigna unguiculata

(2010) Yongzhong Lu et al.   COMPARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS

miR398 regulation in rice of the responses to abiotic and biotic stresses depends onCSD1andCSD2expression

(2010) Yuzhu Lu et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Identification, characterization and expression analysis of MicroRNAs and their targets in the potato (Solanum tuberosum)

(2010) Fuliang Xie et al.   GENE

Genome-wide identification and analysis of drought-responsive microRNAs in Oryza sativa

(2010) Liguo Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Identification of microRNAs and their targets in switchgrass, a model biofuel plant species

(2010) Jessica Matts et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Regulation of OsSPL14 by OsmiR156 defines ideal plant architecture in rice

(2010) Yongqing Jiao et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Structural basis of microRNA length variety

(2010) Julia Starega-Roslan et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

miRTarBase: a database curates experimentally validated microRNA–target interactions

(2010) Sheng-Da Hsu et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

miR390,Arabidopsis TAS3tasiRNAs, and TheirAUXIN RESPONSE FACTORTargets Define an Autoregulatory Network Quantitatively Regulating Lateral Root Growth

(2010) Elena Marin et al.   PLANT CELL

Identification of grapevine microRNAs and their targets using high throughput sequencing and degradome analysis

(2010) Vitantonio Pantaleo et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Identification of MicroRNAs Involved in Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern-Triggered Plant Innate Immunity

(2010) Y. Li et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Over-expression of osa-MIR396c decreases salt and alkali stress tolerance

(2010) Peng Gao et al.   PLANTA

Identification and characterization of microRNAs and their target genes in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

(2010) Taylor P. Frazier et al.   PLANTA

MicroRNA profiling of tomato leaf curl new delhi virus (tolcndv) infected tomato leaves indicates that deregulation of mir159/319 and mir172 might be linked with leaf curl disease

(2010) Afsar R Naqvi et al.   Virology Journal

Computational Identification of miRNAs and Their Target Genes from Expressed Sequence Tags of Tea (Camellia sinensis)

(2010) G.R. Prabu et al.   GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS

Small RNA Diversity in Plants and its Impact in Development

(2009) Christine Lelandais-Briere et al.   CURRENT GENOMICS

Ecogeographical distribution of wild, weedy and cultivated Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench in Kenya: implications for conservation and crop-to-wild gene flow

(2009) Evans Mutegi et al.   GENETIC RESOURCES AND CROP EVOLUTION

Cloning and validation of novel miRNA from basmati rice indicates cross talk between abiotic and biotic stresses

(2009) Neeti Sanan-Mishra et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses

(2009) Andrew H. Paterson et al.   NATURE

Auxin regulation of the microRNA390-dependent transacting small interfering RNA pathway in Arabidopsis lateral root development

(2009) Eun Kyung Yoon et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

PMRD: plant microRNA database

(2009) Zhenhai Zhang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Expression analysis suggests potential roles of microRNAs for phosphate and arbuscular mycorrhizal signaling inSolanum lycopersicum

(2009) Mian Gu et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Tobacco as a production platform for biofuel: overexpression ofArabidopsis DGATandLEC2genes increases accumulation and shifts the composition of lipids in green biomass

(2009) Vyacheslav Andrianov et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Selection and mutation on microRNA target sequences during rice evolution

(2008) Xingyi Guo et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Novel and nodulation-regulated microRNAs in soybean roots

(2008) Senthil Subramanian et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Small RNA regulation of ovule development in the cotton plant, G. hirsutum L

(2008) Ibrokhim Y Abdurakhmonov et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Computational identification of 48 potato microRNAs and their targets

(2008) Wenwei Zhang et al.   COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Deep sequencing of tomato short RNAs identifies microRNAs targeting genes involved in fruit ripening

(2008) S. Moxon et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The impact of microRNAs on protein output

(2008) Daehyun Baek et al.   NATURE

MicroRNA399 is a long-distance signal for the regulation of plant phosphate homeostasis

(2008) Bikram Datt Pant et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Specific Gene Silencing by Artificial MicroRNAs in Physcomitrella patens: An Alternative to Targeted Gene Knockouts

(2008) B. Khraiwesh et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Identification of micro-RNAs in cotton

(2008) Muhammad Younas Khan Barozai et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Small RNAs in tomato fruit and leaf development

(2007) A ITAYA et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms