Journal
PLANT CELL REPORTS
Volume 33, Issue 6, Pages 945-953Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1573-z
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miR166/165; microRNA; RAM; Root meristem; Small RNA
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- DBT (Department of Biotechnology, Government of India) [BT/HRD/35/02/06/2008]
- CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, India)
- NIPGR (National Institute of Plant Genome Research, India)
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Overexpression of miR166/165 down-regulates target HD - ZIP IIIs and promotes root growth by enhancing cell division and meristematic activity, whereas overexpression of HD - ZIP IIIs inhibits root growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Post-embryonic growth of higher plants is maintained by active meristems harbouring undifferentiated cells. Shoot and root apical meristems (SAM and RAM) utilize both similar and distinct signalling mechanisms for their maintenance in Arabidopsis thaliana. An important regulatory role in this context has the interaction of microRNAs with their target mRNAs, mostly encoding transcription factors. One class of microRNA166/165 (miR166/165) has been implicated in the maintenance of SAM and vascular patterning. Here, we show that miR166/165 plays an important role in root growth also by negatively regulating its target transcripts, HD-ZIP IIIs, in the RAM. While overexpression of miR166 promotes RAM activity, overexpression of its targets reduces RAM activity. These results reveal a conserved role of miR166/165 in the maintenance of SAM and RAM activity in A. thaliana.
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