Small RNA Function in Plants: From Chromatin to the Next Generation

Parent, J. S., Borges, F., Shimada, A., Martienssen, R. A. (June 2020) Small RNA Function in Plants: From Chromatin to the Next Generation. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. ISSN 00917451

URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32518093/
DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2019.84.040394

Abstract

Small RNA molecules can target a particular virus, gene, or transposable element (TE) with a high degree of specificity. Their ability to move from cell to cell and recognize targets in trans also allows building networks capable of regulating a large number of related targets at once. In the case of epigenetic silencing, small RNA may use the widespread distribution of TEs in eukaryotic genomes to coordinate many loci across developmental and generational time. Here, we discuss the intriguing role of plant small RNA in targeting transposons and repeats in pollen and seeds. Epigenetic reprogramming in the germline and early seed development provides a mechanism to control genome dosage, imprinted gene expression, and incompatible hybridizations via the "triploid block."

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: bioinformatics
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics
organism description > plant
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Communities: CSHL labs > Martienssen lab
Depositing User: Adrian Gomez
Date: 9 June 2020
Date Deposited: 11 Jun 2020 20:03
Last Modified: 01 Feb 2024 16:45
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/39495

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