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Conservation and divergence of small RNA pathways and microRNAs in land plants.
Genome biology - 23 Aug 2017
You Chenjiang, Cui Jie, Wang Hui, Qi Xinping, Kuo Li-Yaung, Ma Hong, Gao Lei, Mo Beixin, Chen Xuemei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: As key regulators of gene expression in eukaryotes, small RNAs have been characterized in many seed plants, and pathways for their biogenesis, degradation, and action have been defined in model angiosperms. However, both small RNAs themselves and small RNA pathways are not well characterized in other land plants such as lycophytes and ferns, preventing a comprehensive evolutionary perspective on small...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Conserved Sequence
- Embryophyta
- Evolution, Molecular
- Ferns
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Genetic Variation
- MicroRNAs
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny