title: Regulation of reproductive development by non-coding RNA in Arabidopsis: to flower or not to flower.
abstract: Plants monitor environmental factors, such as temperature and day length, and also endogenous factors, such as their age and phytohormones, to decide when to flower. These cues are utilized to control expression levels of genes required for flowering. Thus, flowering time control is a unique model for understanding how gene activity is precisely regulated at the transcriptional level. In Arabidopsis, a remarkable number of non-coding RNA molecules have been identified by advanced sequencing technology. Recent progress in the flowering field has revealed several non-coding RNAs that play a major role in determining flowering time. Here, we introduce how two types of non-coding RNA species, microRNA (miRNA) and long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), contribute to flowering via regulation of target gene activity involved in this vital developmental transition.
authors: Laboratory of Plant Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
authors: Ayako
authors: A
authors: Yamaguchi
authors: Mitsutomo
authors: M
authors: Abe
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D035264:Flowers / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017440:Photoperiod; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012098:Reproduction / Q000235:genetics; D013997:Time Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs; C559759:Mirn156 microRNA, Arabidopsis; C543702:Mirn172 microRNA, Arabidopsis; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; D018749:RNA, Plant