title: The advance of tomato disease-related microRNAs.
abstract: Tomato is a model plant for studying plant-pathogen interactions. As regulatory factors, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been widely identified and play crucial roles in tomato-pathogen interactions, including host defense and pathogen counter-defense. Here, the review summarizes the discoveries and highlights of miRNAs in tomato diseases. Roles of artificial miRNAs in disease resistance are further discussed. Hence, a better understanding of the contribution of miRNAs in tomato disease will shed light on strategies in enhancing tomato-pathogen resistance.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.
authors.forename: Weichen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luan
mesh_terms: D057225:Data Mining; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000235:genetics; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs