Main description:

In the most recent years, each of the RNA silencing pathways of plants have appeared to generate ncRNAs with dedicated functions, specialized biological activities and specific functional scopes.
RNA silencing plays a crucial role in coordinating the expression, stability, protection and inheritance of eukaryotic genomes. It compromises several mechanisms, that invariably depend on core small non coding RNAs and that achieve dedicated sequence-specific functions. RNA silencing has been recognized to carry critical developmental, stress-response and bodyguard functions be coordinating the expression, protection, stability and inheritance of virtually all eukaryotic genomes. Thus, the ncRNAs encompass a wide set of mechanisms that achieve specialized functions.

Contents:

From the contents: Preface.- Quantification of Small Non Coding RNAs May Allow Accurate Comparisons of MiRNA Expression Profiles from Plant Specimens.- Host small RNAs and Plant Innate Immunity.- Antisense Transcription Associated with MicroRNA Target mRNAs.- Post-Transcriptional Modifications of Plant Small RNAs.- Non coding RNAs and Gene Silencing in Grape.- Genome-Wide Analysis of RNA Degradation in Arabidopsis.- Small RNA Inheritance in Hybrids and Allopolyploids.- Phased Small RNAs in Rice.- Small RNA in Legumes.- Physcomitrella patens Small RNA Pathways.- Small RNA Pathways and Their Function in the Male Gametophyte.- Regulatory Roles of Novel Small RNAs from Pseudogenes.- Polyadenylation in RNA Degradation Processes in Plants.- Viroids and RNA Trafficking in Plants