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Plant RNA Biology
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is one of the most important biopolymers that support the basic activities of living organisms. In plant RNA biology, in addition to the conventional molecular genetics-based studies of plant physiology and development, research in new directions is making great progress, such as the massive identification of novel types of non-coding RNAs and of environmental responses that depend on the properties of RNA molecules themselves including RNA structure, as well as novel interpretations of RNA functionality, e.g. in liquid-liquid phase separation. Based on such active developments in plant RNA biology, this collection of articles aims to provide an overview of plant RNA research to date, and an opportunity to discuss future directions of this research field.
Editors
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Misato Ohtani
Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo Visit Dr. Ohtani’s lab website
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Sally Assmann
Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University Visit Dr. Assmann’s lab website
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Xuemei Chen
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside Visit Dr. Chen’s lab website
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Martin Crespi
Institute of Plant Sciences Paris Saclay Visit Dr. Crespi’s lab website
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Andrzej Wierzbicki
Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Visit Dr. Wierzbicki’s lab website
Articles (4 in this collection)
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A transient in planta editing assay identifies specific binding of the splicing regulator PTB as a prerequisite for cassette exon inclusion
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
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RNS2 is required for the biogenesis of a wounding responsive 16 nts tsRNA in Arabidopsis thaliana
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
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Conserved and non-conserved RNA–target modules in plants: lessons for a better understanding of Marchantia development
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
