TY - JOUR
T1 - MicroRNA-target Interactions
T2 - Important Signaling Modules Regulating Flowering Time in Diverse Plant Species
AU - Kim, Wanhui
AU - Ahn, Ji Hoon
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Successful reproduction of flowering plants requires the appropriate timing of the floral transition, as triggered by environmental and internal cues and as regulated by multiple signaling modules. Among these modules, microRNAs (miRNAs), the evolutionarily conserved regulators, respond to environmental and internal cues and network with other integrators of flowering cues. Moreover, miRNA signaling modules affect the timing of flowering in many plant species. Here, we comprehensively review recent progress in understanding the function of miRNAs and their target genes in flowering time regulation in diverse plant species. We focus on the role of the miRNA-target gene modules in various flowering pathways and their conserved and divergent functions in flowering plants. We also examine, in depth, the crosstalk by sequential activity of miR156 and miR172, two of the most-studied and evolutionarily conserved miRNAs in both annual and perennial plants. © 2014
AB - Successful reproduction of flowering plants requires the appropriate timing of the floral transition, as triggered by environmental and internal cues and as regulated by multiple signaling modules. Among these modules, microRNAs (miRNAs), the evolutionarily conserved regulators, respond to environmental and internal cues and network with other integrators of flowering cues. Moreover, miRNA signaling modules affect the timing of flowering in many plant species. Here, we comprehensively review recent progress in understanding the function of miRNAs and their target genes in flowering time regulation in diverse plant species. We focus on the role of the miRNA-target gene modules in various flowering pathways and their conserved and divergent functions in flowering plants. We also examine, in depth, the crosstalk by sequential activity of miR156 and miR172, two of the most-studied and evolutionarily conserved miRNAs in both annual and perennial plants. © 2014
KW - Flowering time
KW - miR156
KW - miR159
KW - miR171
KW - miR172
KW - miR393
KW - miR399
KW - MiRNAs
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U2 - 10.1080/07352689.2014.917533
DO - 10.1080/07352689.2014.917533
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84902649059
VL - 33
SP - 470
EP - 485
JO - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences
JF - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences
SN - 0735-2689
IS - 6
ER -