Non Coding RNAs in Plants

✍ Scribed by Letizia Da Sacco, Alessia Palma, Bernard Chi-Hang Lam (auth.), Volker A. Erdmann, Jan Barciszewski (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 526
• Series: RNA Technologies
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Small non coding RNAs (ncRNAs), also known as the secret regulators of the cells, have been discovered only 20 years ago, and it has been much more recently that the attention of the scientific community has been turned towards the structure and function of ncRNAs in plants. Indeed, it has been found that the higher the organisms have been developed, the larger the numbers of ncRNA genes encoded in their DNAs.
With this book the editors have been able to solicit the best ncRNA plant researchers in the world to report on their most recent discoveries concerning the importance of small ncRNA in plants. The book is a “must” for those, who are interested in the molecular regulation processes involving ncRNAs in plants.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Quantification of Small Non Coding RNAs May Allow Accurate Comparisons of MiRNA Expression Profiles from Plant Specimens....Pages 1-19
Host Small RNAs and Plant Innate Immunity....Pages 21-34
Antisense Transcription Associated with microRNA Target mRNAs....Pages 35-58
Post-Transcriptional Modifications of Plant Small RNAs....Pages 59-66
Non Coding RNAs and Gene Silencing in Grape....Pages 67-78
Genome-Wide Analysis of RNA Degradation in Arabidopsis ....Pages 79-89
Small RNA Inheritance in Hybrids and Allopolyploids....Pages 91-106
Phased Small RNAs in Rice....Pages 107-119
Small RNA in Legumes....Pages 121-138
Physcomitrella patens Small RNA Pathways....Pages 139-173
Small RNA Pathways and Their Function in the Male Gametophyte....Pages 175-191
Regulatory Roles of Novel Small RNAs from Pseudogenes....Pages 193-208
Polyadenylation in RNA Degradation Processes in Plants....Pages 209-225
Viroids and RNA Trafficking in Plants....Pages 227-236
Mechanisms Linking Cytosine Methylation to Histone Modification in Arabidopsis thaliana ....Pages 237-249
Biogenesis of Plant MicroRNAs....Pages 251-268
MicroRNAs in Plant Roots: Current Understanding and Future Perspectives....Pages 269-284
Computational Identification of MicroRNAs and Their Targets in Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.)....Pages 285-299
MicroRNAs in Cotton....Pages 301-312
Nutrient-Responsive Plant microRNAs....Pages 313-337
MicroRNA Function in Seed Biology....Pages 339-357
Effects of Virus Infection on Transcriptional Activity of miR164a in Plants....Pages 359-373
Populus Short RNAs....Pages 375-384
The Arabidopsis thaliana Double-Stranded RNA Binding (DRB) Domain Protein Family....Pages 385-406
Mutagenesis by Transitive RNAi....Pages 407-418
Pol IV-Dependent siRNAs in Plants....Pages 419-445
RNAi-Mediated Protection Against Citrus Tristeza Virus in Transgenic Citrus Plants....Pages 447-460
Small RNAs for Crop Improvement: Applications and Considerations for Ecological Risk Assessments....Pages 461-484
Biogenesis and Function of Virus-Derived Small Interfering RNAs in Plants....Pages 485-498
Back Matter....Pages 499-507

✦ Subjects

Molecular Medicine; Nucleic Acid Chemistry; Human Genetics; Cell Biology