RNA Silencing in Plant–Microorganism Interactions
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 January 2022) | Viewed by 3245
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant-symbiont interactions; functional genomics; gene silencing; transgenesis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
RNA silencing is a regulatory process that in eukaryotic cells controls the expression of target mRNAs and their translation. The effector molecules of RNA silencing are small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs) resulting from the processing of dsRNA molecules derived from miRNA-encoded genes or transcripts of different origins containing inverted repeats. Effector molecules ensure mechanism specificity by guiding the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) to the target mRNA in a sequence-specific manner. In plants, RNA silencing is involved in defense against viruses through a process that, triggered by viral-derived dsRNAs, leads to inhibition of virus replication. Recently, it has been shown that plant immunity and fungal virulence may involve a communication mechanism based on sRNAs traveling between plants and fungal cells, called cross-kingdom RNA interference (RNAi). Evidence for cross-kingdom communication based on the exchange of silencing-inducing RNA molecules has also been more recently demonstrated for symbiotic interaction in plants. In this special issue, we invite the presentation of original articles, short communications, and reviews covering different aspects of the RNA silencing mechanism in controlling plant-microorganism interactions, including applications of RNAi technology in plant protection and symbiotic association
Prof. Dr. Tiziana Pandolfini
Dr. Barbara Molesini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- RNA silencing
- miRNA
- Plant defense to pathogens
- Plant-symbiont interaction
- Host-induced gene silencing
- Spray-induced gene silencing
- Small non coding RNAs
- Cross-kingdom communication
- RNAi technology
