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ReviewFrontiers in plant science2021

Small RNAs: The Essential Regulators in Plant Thermotolerance.

Zhi-Fang Zuo, Wenbo He, Jing Li, Beixin Mo, Lin Liu

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Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Grain amaranth genes coding for an RNA-binding and a small, unknown function protein, respectively, enhance thermotolerance when overexpressed inPhysiology and molecular biology of plants : an international journal of functional plant biology · 2026
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  8. Epigenetics in the modern era of crop improvements.Science China. Life sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhi-Fang ZuoGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Longhua Bioindustry and Innovation Research Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Wenbo HeGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Longhua Bioindustry and Innovation Research Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Jing LiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Longhua Bioindustry and Innovation Research Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Beixin MoGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Longhua Bioindustry and Innovation Research Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Lin LiuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Longhua Bioindustry and Innovation Research Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Shenzhen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small RNAs (sRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs that consist of 21-24 nucleotides. They have been extensively investigated as critical regulators in a variety of biological processes in plants. sRNAs include two major classes: microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), which differ in their biogenesis and functional pathways. Due to global warming, high-temperature stress has become one of the primary causes for crop loss worldwide. Recent studies have shown that sRNAs are involved in heat stress responses in plants and play essential roles in high-temperature acclimation. Genome-wide studies for heat-responsive sRNAs have been conducted in many plant species using high-throughput sequencing. The roles for these sRNAs in heat stress response were also unraveled subsequently in model plants and crops. Exploring how sRNAs regulate gene expression and their regulatory mechanisms will broaden our understanding of sRNAs in thermal stress responses of plant. Here, we highlight the roles of currently known miRNAs and siRNAs in heat stress responses and acclimation of plants. We also discuss the regulatory mechanisms of sRNAs and their targets that are responsive to heat stress, which will provide powerful molecular biological resources for engineering crops with improved thermotolerance.

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heat stress responsemicroRNAregulatory mechanismsmall interfering RNAthermotolerance

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PMID34603356
PMCPMC8484535
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