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Spatiotemporally dynamic, cell-type–dependent premeiotic and meiotic phasiRNAs in maize anthers
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Significance: By RNA profiling of 10 stages of maize anthers plus mature pollen, we found two distinct classes of phased small-interfering RNAs (phasiRNAs): 21-nt premeiotic phasiRNAs, after germinal and somatic cell specification, and 24-nt meiotic phasiRNAs coordinately accumulated during meiosis and persist into pollen. Sequencing of RNA from five male-sterile, anther developmental mutants—ocl4,mac1,ms23,msca1, and ameiotic1—demonstrated the involvement of specific somatic layers. Premeiotic phasiRNAs require a functional epidermis, whereas meiotic phasiRNAs require a normal tapetum. Mammalian germ cells express “prepachytene” or “pachytene” PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs). Whereas differences in biogenesis indicate independent origins, grass phasiRNAs and mammalian piRNAs share developmental timing, a lack of obvious targets, and an impact on male fertility, suggesting a possible evolutionary convergence.
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- Zhai, J., Zhang, H., Arikit, S., Huang, K., Nan, G.-L., Walbot, V., & Meyers, B. C.
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2015-02-23
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 3146-3151
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- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
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- W2088044011
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- FWCI
- 31.86
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- en
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