rna-biology
RNA biology is the study of RNA molecules—including messenger RNAs, non-coding RNAs, and small regulatory RNAs—and the cellular processes governing their synthesis, processing, modification, and degradation. In plants, RNA biology is central to understanding gene regulation, stress responses, and developmental programs, as plants rely heavily on RNA-based mechanisms such as RNA silencing and alternative splicing to adapt to environmental changes. Advances in this field are enabling researchers to unravel how plants fine-tune gene expression without altering their DNA, with broad implications for crop improvement and resilience.
Discovery of Viroids and Viroid-Like RNAs in Plants.
Viroids are responsible for devastating crop diseases worldwide, and finding new ones earlier cou...
Biogenesis, features, and functions of coding transcripts-derived s...
Understanding how plants naturally defend themselves at the molecular level could lead to crops t...
Systemic mobile RNAs: From molecular mechanisms to agricultural app...
The potato in your garden doesn't decide to form tubers by accident — a tiny RNA molecule travels...
The circular RNA circP5CS1 coordinates plant immunity by sequesteri...
Every tomato plant that rots from bacterial speck, every basil that wilts from blight, loses to t...
Diverse novel RNA polymerase III promoters and dual-activity promot...
Every rice variety, wheat strain, and corn hybrid you've ever grown carries hidden genetic contro...