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FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00410
Keywords
miRNA; pri-miRNA; abiotic stress; gene expression
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- project NSC [UMO-2012/04/M/NZ2/00127, UMO-2013/10/A/NZ1/00557, UMO-2011/03/B/NZ2/01416, UMO-2012/05/N/NZ2/00955, UMO-2013/08/T/NZ2/00016]
- KNOW RNA Research Centre in Poznan [01/KNOW2/2014]
- Foundation for Polish Science (FNP)
- European Union Regional Development Fund [MPD 2010/3]
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Arabidopsis microRNA expression regulation was studied in a wide array of abiotic stresses such as drought, heat, salinity, copper excess/deficiency, cadmium excess, and sulfur deficiency. A home-built RT-qPCR mirEX platform for the amplification of 289 Arabidopsis microRNA transcripts was used to study their response to abiotic stresses. Small RNA sequencing, Northern hybridization, and TaqMan(R) microRNA assays were performed to study the abundance of mature microRNAs. A broad response on the level of primary miRNAs (pri-miRNAs) was observed. However, stress response at the level of mature microRNAs was rather confined. The data presented show that in most instances, the level of a particular mature miRNA could not be predicted based on the level of its pri-miRNA. This points to an essential role of posttranscriptional regulation of microRNA expression. New Arabidopsis microRNAs responsive to abiotic stresses were discovered. Four microRNAs: miR319a/b, miR319b.2, and miR400 have been found to be responsive to several abiotic stresses and thus can be regarded as general stress-responsive microRNA species.
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