Recently, the identification of miRNA targets has received much attention. The strategies to determine miRNA targets include bioinformatic prediction and experimental assays. The bioinformatic prediction methods are m...Recently, the identification of miRNA targets has received much attention. The strategies to determine miRNA targets include bioinformatic prediction and experimental assays. The bioinformatic prediction methods are mainly based on the confirmed rules of interaction between miRNAs and their targets, and are carried out by programs, such as miRanda, TargetScan, TargetScanS, RNAhybrid, DIANA-microT, PicTar, RNA22 and FindTar, which follow well-known principles. The experimental assays to find miRNA targets employ immunoprecipitation of AGO proteins to identify interacting mRNAs, or the analysis of mRNA or protein levels to identify genes which can be regulated by miRNAs. The improvement of current bioinformatic and experimental assays and the development of novel assays will enable greater efficiency in the identification of miRNA targets and thus facilitate miRNA research. This paper describes progress in the prediction and identification of miRNA targets.展开更多
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a specialized class of small silencing RNAs that regulate gene expression in eukaryotes.In plants,miRNAs negatively regulate target mRNAs containing a highly complementary sequence by either mRN...MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a specialized class of small silencing RNAs that regulate gene expression in eukaryotes.In plants,miRNAs negatively regulate target mRNAs containing a highly complementary sequence by either mRNA cleavage or translational repression.As a model plant to study fleshy fruit ripening,miRNA studies in tomato have made great progress recently.MiRNAs were predicted to be involved in nearly all biological processes in tomato,particularly development,differentiation,and biotic and abiotic stress responses.Surprisingly,several miRNAs were verified to be involved in tomato fruit ripening and senescence.Recent studies suggest that miRNAs are related to host-virus interactions,which raises the possibility that miRNAs can be used as diagnostic markers for response to virus infection in tomato plants.In this review,we summarize our current knowledge systematically and advance future directions for miRNA research in tomato.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2005CB724600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30600110)
文摘Recently, the identification of miRNA targets has received much attention. The strategies to determine miRNA targets include bioinformatic prediction and experimental assays. The bioinformatic prediction methods are mainly based on the confirmed rules of interaction between miRNAs and their targets, and are carried out by programs, such as miRanda, TargetScan, TargetScanS, RNAhybrid, DIANA-microT, PicTar, RNA22 and FindTar, which follow well-known principles. The experimental assays to find miRNA targets employ immunoprecipitation of AGO proteins to identify interacting mRNAs, or the analysis of mRNA or protein levels to identify genes which can be regulated by miRNAs. The improvement of current bioinformatic and experimental assays and the development of novel assays will enable greater efficiency in the identification of miRNA targets and thus facilitate miRNA research. This paper describes progress in the prediction and identification of miRNA targets.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30871741 and 30972037)
文摘MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a specialized class of small silencing RNAs that regulate gene expression in eukaryotes.In plants,miRNAs negatively regulate target mRNAs containing a highly complementary sequence by either mRNA cleavage or translational repression.As a model plant to study fleshy fruit ripening,miRNA studies in tomato have made great progress recently.MiRNAs were predicted to be involved in nearly all biological processes in tomato,particularly development,differentiation,and biotic and abiotic stress responses.Surprisingly,several miRNAs were verified to be involved in tomato fruit ripening and senescence.Recent studies suggest that miRNAs are related to host-virus interactions,which raises the possibility that miRNAs can be used as diagnostic markers for response to virus infection in tomato plants.In this review,we summarize our current knowledge systematically and advance future directions for miRNA research in tomato.
