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Review
. 2017 Mar;130(2):211-226.
doi: 10.1007/s10265-017-0906-8. Epub 2017 Feb 14.

Interconnections between mRNA degradation and RDR-dependent siRNA production in mRNA turnover in plants

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Interconnections between mRNA degradation and RDR-dependent siRNA production in mRNA turnover in plants

Masayuki Tsuzuki et al. J Plant Res. 2017 Mar.

Abstract

Accumulation of an mRNA species is determined by the balance between the synthesis and the degradation of the mRNA. Individual mRNA molecules are selectively and actively degraded through RNA degradation pathways, which include 5'-3' mRNA degradation pathway, 3'-5' mRNA degradation pathway, and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase-mediated mRNA degradation pathway. Recent studies have revealed that these RNA degradation pathways compete with each other in mRNA turnover in plants and that plants have a hidden layer of non-coding small-interfering RNA production from a set of mRNAs. In this review, we summarize the current information about plant mRNA degradation pathways in mRNA turnover and discuss the potential roles of a novel class of the endogenous siRNAs derived from plant mRNAs.

Keywords: 3′-5′ mRNA degradation; 5′-3′ mRNA degradation; Coding transcript-derived siRNA; RNA exosome; RNA quality control-siRNA; RNA silencing; RNA-dependent RNA polymerase; Virus-activated siRNA; mRNA turnover.

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