PRJNA717394
Functional characterization of miR858 from Arabidopsis thaliana
miR858 is a potential regulator of the phenylpropanoid pathway and plant development. miR858a targets R2R3-MYB transcription factors involved in flavonoid biosynthesis. miR858OX plants show robust growth and early flowering in contrast to the reduction of plant growth and delayed flowering observed in Arabidopsis transgenic lines expressing an artificial miRNA target mimic (MIM858). In this project, the global changes occurring in the rosette and stem tissues of miR858OX and MIM858 were analyzed through transcriptome analysis. The study identified a large number of differentially expressed genes related to growth and development in miR858OX and MIM858 lines compared to WT plants. A number of differentially expressed genes encoding small peptides were also identified in the study.