Natural antisense transcripts of MIR398 genes suppress microR398 processing and attenuate plant thermotolerance

Yajie Li; Xiaorong Li; Jun Yang; Yuke He

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19186-x

Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Natural antisense transcripts of MIR398 genes suppress microR398 processing and attenuate plant thermotolerance

Yajie Li,
Xiaorong Li,
Jun Yang,
Yuke He

Affiliations

Yajie Li: National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaorong Li: National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun Yang: National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuke He: National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19186-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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MiRNAs and natural antisense transcripts can both regulate gene expression and plant development. Here, the authors show that cis-NATs to MIR398 repress processing of pri-miR398 and that cis-NAT expression is downregulated at high temperatures, contributing to miR398 mediated thermotolerance responses.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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