Journal Article

miRNA-Mediated Interactions in and between Plants and Insects

Chuang, Wen-Po, Bendena, William G., Jia, Qi, Bede, Jacqueline C., Wong, Annette Y. P., Li, Chade, Lam, Hon-Ming, Chung, Gyuhwa, Wang, Shuang, Tobe, Stephen S., Chan, Ting-Fung, Hui, Jerome H. L., Yang, Seung Hwan

2018

نظرة عامة

Our understanding of microRNA (miRNA) regulation of gene expression and protein translation, as a critical area of cellular regulation, has blossomed in the last two decades. Recently, it has become apparent that in plant-insect interactions, both plants and insects use miRNAs to regulate their biological processes, as well as co-opting each others’ miRNA systems. In this review article, we discuss the current paradigms of miRNA-mediated cellular regulation and provide examples of plant-insect interactions that utilize this regulation. Lastly, we discuss the potential biotechnological applications of utilizing miRNAs in agriculture.

• الناشر: MDPI
• موضوع: Animals / Host-Parasite Interactions - genetics / Insecta - genetics / Insecta - pathogenicity / Magnoliopsida - genetics / Magnoliopsida - parasitology / MicroRNAs - genetics / Review