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Two small regulatory RNAs establish opposing fates of a developmental axis.


ABSTRACT: Small RNAs are important regulators of gene expression. In maize, adaxial/abaxial (dorsoventral) leaf polarity is established by an abaxial gradient of microRNA166 (miR166), which spatially restricts the expression domain of class III homeodomain leucine zipper (HD-ZIPIII) transcription factors that specify adaxial/upper fate. Here, we show that leafbladeless1 encodes a key component in the trans-acting small interfering RNA (ta-siRNA) biogenesis pathway that acts on the adaxial side of developing leaves and demarcates the domains of hd-zipIII and miR166 accumulation. Our findings indicate that tasiR-ARF, a ta-siRNA, and miR166 establish opposing domains along the adaxial-abaxial axis, thus revealing a novel mechanism of pattern formation.

SUBMITTER: Nogueira FT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1838527 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Two small regulatory RNAs establish opposing fates of a developmental axis.

Nogueira Fabio T S FT   Madi Shahinez S   Chitwood Daniel H DH   Juarez Michelle T MT   Timmermans Marja C P MC  

Genes & development 20070401 7


Small RNAs are important regulators of gene expression. In maize, adaxial/abaxial (dorsoventral) leaf polarity is established by an abaxial gradient of microRNA166 (miR166), which spatially restricts the expression domain of class III homeodomain leucine zipper (HD-ZIPIII) transcription factors that specify adaxial/upper fate. Here, we show that leafbladeless1 encodes a key component in the trans-acting small interfering RNA (ta-siRNA) biogenesis pathway that acts on the adaxial side of developi  ...[more]

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