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Adaptation to a Changing Environment: The Regulatory Role of Small RNAs

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Plants respond to changes in their abiotic and biotic environment with the activation of a complex network of adaptive mechanisms that particularly include cellular signaling and stress-responsive gene expression. More recently, plant microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) have been shown to function not only in plant development but also as important modulators of plant stress responses. Both stress-induced expressions of miRNAs, the presence of stress-relevant cis-elements in the promoters of miRNA genes as well as target prediction showed that miRNA-mediated post-transcriptional events are regulatory mechanisms in triggering the responses of plants to a variable environment. Many miRNAs control regulatory networks of plant environmental adaptation by targeting transcription factors and might integrate both cellular signaling and adaptive mechanisms via hormonal responses and biosynthesis of phytohormones.

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Golldack, D., Lüking, I., Süthoff, U. (2010). Adaptation to a Changing Environment: The Regulatory Role of Small RNAs. In: Lüttge, U., Beyschlag, W., Büdel, B., Francis, D. (eds) Progress in Botany 71. Progress in Botany, vol 71. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02167-1_5

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