生命学院学术报告

题目：From Biogenesis to Function: The Rich Variety of Small RNAs Derived from Plant Genomes

讲座人：Jixian Zhai，Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher，

Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, UCLA

时间：12月14日13:00-15:00

地点：金光生命科学大楼411

Small RNAs (sRNA) are approximately 20 to 30 nucleotides (nt) in length an are produced in almost all eukaryotes. Plant cells are rich in two types of endogenous sRNAs, namely small interfering (siRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs), and these sRNAs play critical roles in regulating genes involved in development and a variety of biotic and abiotic stresses. Plant sRNAs can also direct epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation, which alters the structure and function of the genome. Via collaborations with many research groups around the world, I applied the NGS (Next-Generation Sequencing) technology to analyze sRNAs, their precursors and their targets from a wide variety of plants as well as from different genotypes, to characterize sRNA function and biogenesis. My talk will focus on phased siRNAs in Legume and Maize, as well as 24-nt siRNAs in Arabidopsis.

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