24-nt reproductive phasiRNAs are broadly present in angiosperms

Rui Xia; Chengjie Chen; Suresh Pokhrel; Wuqiang Ma; Kun Huang; Parth Patel; Fuxi Wang; Jing Xu; Zhongchi Liu; Jianguo Li; Blake C. Meyers

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08543-0

Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

24-nt reproductive phasiRNAs are broadly present in angiosperms

Rui Xia,
Chengjie Chen,
Suresh Pokhrel,
Wuqiang Ma,
Kun Huang,
Parth Patel,
Fuxi Wang,
Jing Xu,
Zhongchi Liu,
Jianguo Li,
Blake C. Meyers

Affiliations

Rui Xia: State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University
Chengjie Chen: State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University
Suresh Pokhrel: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Wuqiang Ma: State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University
Kun Huang: Delaware Biotechnology Institute and Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware
Parth Patel: Delaware Biotechnology Institute and Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware
Fuxi Wang: Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland
Jing Xu: Guangdong Litchi Engineering Research Center, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University
Zhongchi Liu: Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland
Jianguo Li: State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University
Blake C. Meyers: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08543-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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24-nt phased siRNA (phasiRNA) regulate reproduction in grasses, yet are absent from Arabidopsis, and were thought to be monocot-specific. Here, Xia et al. show that 24-nt phasiRNAs are in fact broadly distributed among eudicots and are consistently enriched during meiosis, despite possibly arising from distinct biogenesis pathways.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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