MicroRNA156 conditions auxin sensitivity to enable growth plasticity in response to environmental changes in Arabidopsis

Qing Sang; Lusheng Fan; Tianxiang Liu; Yongjian Qiu; Juan Du; Beixin Mo; Meng Chen; Xuemei Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36774-9

Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

MicroRNA156 conditions auxin sensitivity to enable growth plasticity in response to environmental changes in Arabidopsis

Qing Sang,
Lusheng Fan,
Tianxiang Liu,
Yongjian Qiu,
Juan Du,
Beixin Mo,
Meng Chen,
Xuemei Chen

Affiliations

Qing Sang: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University
Lusheng Fan: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California
Tianxiang Liu: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California
Yongjian Qiu: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California
Juan Du: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California
Beixin Mo: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University
Meng Chen: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California
Xuemei Chen: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36774-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Plants respond to light and temperature changes via the photoreceptor phytochrome B and the phytohormone auxin. Here the authors reveal microRNA156 as a previously uncharacterized developmental signal that gates environmentally regulated plant growth by licensing auxin sensitivity.

Published in Nature Communications

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