Stress responsive miRNAs and isomiRs in cereals

The Accumulation of miRNAs Differentially Modulated by Drought Stress Is Affected by Grafting in Grapevine

“…miR393) under water deficit (Zhang, 2015). Nevertheless, it should be mentioned that these variations among species could depend on experimental conditions, such as the timing and severity of DS (Frazier et al, 2011;Budak et al, 2015).…”

“…In recent years, increasing experimental evidence has suggested a role for plant miRNAs as crucial mediators in the regulation of molecular signaling cascades upon exposure to abiotic stresses, particularly drought and salinity (for review, see Ding et al, 2013;Ferdous et al, 2015;Zhang, 2015). Indeed, in many herbaceous plants, such as Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana; Liu et al, 2008;Song et al, 2013;Xu et al, 2014), tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum; Frazier et al, 2011), tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum; Candar-Cakir et al, 2016), Medicago truncatula (Trindade et al, 2010;Wang et al, 2011), cotton (Gossypium hirsutum; Wang et al, 2013), soybean (Glycine max; Kulcheski et al, 2011), and various cereals (for review, see Budak et al, 2015), as well as in woody species, such as poplar (Populus spp. ; Ren et al, 2012;Li et al, 2013a;Shuai et al, 2013) and fruit trees (Solofoharivelo et al, 2014), conserved and novel miRNA families have been shown to dynamically respond to abiotic stress.…”

MicroRNAs in model and complex organisms

“…miRNAbased gene expression regulation is critical in several diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer, Parkinson and they possess a potential of use as Bbiomarkers^for detection of such diseases and disease stages (Bekris and Leverenz 2015;Kosaka et al 2010). In plants, they are contributed to stress tolerance together with environmental adaptation process and they have revealed a huge potential for crop improvement with the shed of several researches Akpinar and Budak 2016;Budak et al 2015b;Budak and Akpinar 2011). Considering the essential roles of them in many aspect of molecular life, miRNAs have attracted a considerable attention from scientific research community as well as industries in past 15 years (Lucas and Budak 2012;Kantar et al 2012;Budak and Kantar 2015); however, many crucial points about these molecules still remain elusive.…”

“…miRNAs are essential elements of stress adaptation and cell survival for plants under both biotic and abiotic stress condition (Budak et al 2015b). In this special issue, Alptekin and colleagues reviewed the current progress about abiotic stress associated miRNAs and their targets as well the potential application of miRNA-based biotechnology on improvement of crop tolerance to abiotic stresses Zhang 2015), particularly in wheat and barley ).…”

Identification and characterization of genes involved in metabolism of n5 monoene precursors to n5 anacardic acids in the trichomes of Pelargonium x hortorum.

“…From geranium miRNAs that were identified in all three libraries (Appendix 4, 137,139 . This suggests the potential for similar functions of these miRNAs in geranium.…”