21-nt phasiRNAs direct target mRNA cleavage in rice male germ cells

Pengfei Jiang; Bi Lian; Changzhen Liu; Zeyu Fu; Yi Shen; Zhukuan Cheng; Yijun Qi

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19034-y

Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

21-nt phasiRNAs direct target mRNA cleavage in rice male germ cells

Pengfei Jiang,
Bi Lian,
Changzhen Liu,
Zeyu Fu,
Yi Shen,
Zhukuan Cheng,
Yijun Qi

Affiliations

Pengfei Jiang: Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University
Bi Lian: Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University
Changzhen Liu: State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zeyu Fu: Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University
Yi Shen: State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhukuan Cheng: State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yijun Qi: Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19034-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Phased small interfering RNA (phasiRNAs) are abundantly expressed in the anthers of grasses. Here, the authors profile 21-nt and 24-nt phasiRNA expression at different stages of meiocyte development in rice and provide evidence that 21-nt phasiRNAs direct cleavage of hundreds of target mRNAs.

Published in Nature Communications

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