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MicroRNAs in Plant Development and Stress Responses

By Ramanjulu Sunkar (eds.) , Zhixin Xie , Gengxiang Jia , Arnab Ghosh (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2012
ISBN
978-3-642-27383-4, 978-3-642-27384-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-27384-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3737545 bytes)
Series
Signaling and Communication in Plants 15
Edition
1
Pages
296\297
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Plant Physiology; Plant Anatomy/Development; Plant

Description

Precise regulation of gene expression in both time and space is vital to plant growth, development and adaptation to biotic and abiotic stress conditions. This is achieved by multiple mechanisms, with perhaps the most important control being exerted at the level of transcription. However, with the recent discovery of microRNAs another ubiquitous mode of gene regulation that occurs at the post-transcriptional level has been identified. MicroRNAs can silence gene expression by targeting complementary or partially complementary mRNAs for degradation or translational inhibition. Recent studies have revealed that microRNAs play fundamental roles in plant growth and development, as well as in adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses. This book highlights the roles of individual miRNAs that control and regulate diverse aspects of plant processes.

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