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protein important for development and abiotic stress tolerance is involved in microRNA
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required for vegetative development in Arabidopsis. Plant J 74(1):98–109
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development. Plant Physiol 176(3):2082–2094
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Zhou M, Luo H (2014) Role of microRNA319 in creeping bentgrass salinity and drought stress
response. Plant Signaling Behav 9(4):1375–1391
Zhou M, Tang W (2019) MicroRNA156 amplifies transcription factor-associated cold stress
tolerance in plant cells. Mol Gen Genomics 294(2):379–393
Zhou X, Wang G, Sutoh K, Zhu JK, Zhang W (2008). Identification of cold-inducible microRNAs
in plants by transcriptome analysis. Biochim Biophys Acta (BBA) Gene Regul Mech
11:780–788
Zhou M, Gu L, Li P, Song X, Wei L, CHen Z, Cao X (2010) Degradome sequencing reveals
endogenous small RNA targets in rice (Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica). Front Biol 5(1):67–90
Zhou M, Li D, Li Z, Hu Q, Yang C, Zhu L, Luo H (2013) Constitutive expression of a miR319 gene
alters plant development and enhances salt and drought tolerance in transgenic creeping
bentgrass. Plant Physiol 161:1375–1391
Zhu JK (2016) Abiotic stress signaling and responses in plants. Cell 167:313–324
Zhu FR, Qiu ZB, Zhang YM, Zhang XR, Wang WL (2020) Characterization and functional
analysis of microRNA399 in Cunninghamia lanceolata. Biologia Plantarum 64:193–199
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ubiquitin ligase, maintains phosphate homeostasis in Oryza sativa via degradation of phosphate
transporters. Plant J 90(6):1040–1051
Zanetti ME, Rípodas C, Niebel A (2017) Plant NF-Y transcription factors: key players in plantmicrobe interactions, root development and adaptation to stress. Biochim Biophys Acta 1860
(5):645–654
Zarattini M, Forlani G (2017) Toward unveiling the mechanisms for transcriptional regulation of
proline biosynthesis in the plant cell response to biotic and abiotic stress conditions. Front Plant
Sci 2(8):927
Zhan X, Wang B, Li H, Liu R, Kalia RK, Zhu JK, Chinnusamy V (2012) Arabidopsis proline-rich
protein important for development and abiotic stress tolerance is involved in microRNA
biogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci 109(44):18198–18203
Zhang B (2015) MicroRNAs: a new target for improving plant tolerance to abiotic stress. J Exp Bot
66:1749–1761
Zhang H, Li L (2013) SQUAMOSA promoter binding protein-like7 regulated microRNA408 is
required for vegetative development in Arabidopsis. Plant J 74(1):98–109
Zhang JF, Yuan LJ, Shao Y, Du W, Yan DW, Lu YT (2008) The disturbance of small RNA
pathways enhanced abscisic acid response and multiple stress responses in Arabidopsis. Plant
Cell Environ 31:562–574
Zhang J, Xu Y, Huan Q, Chong K (2009) Deep sequencing of Brachypodium small RNAs at the
global genome level identifies microRNAs involved in cold stress response. BMC Genomics
10:449
Zhang H, He H, Wang X, Wang X, Yang X, Li L, Deng XW (2011) Genome-wide mapping of the
HY5-mediated gene networks in Arabidopsis that involve both transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation. Plant J 65(3):3463–3458
Zhang H, Zhao X, Li J, Cai H, Deng XW, Li L (2014a) MicroRNA408 is critical for the HY5-SPL7
gene network that mediates the coordinated response to light and copper. Plant Cell 26
(12):4933–4953
Zhang Y, Zhu X, Chen X, Song C, Zou Z, Wang Y, Wang M, Fang W, Li X (2014b) Identification
and characterization of cold-responsive microRNAs in tea plant (Camellia sinensis) and their
targets using high-throughput sequencing and degradome analysis. BMC Plant Biol 14(1):271
Zhang J, Zhang H, Srivastava AK, Pan Y, Bai J, Fang J, Shi H, Zhu JK (2018) Knockdown of rice
microRNA166 confers drought resistance by causing leaf rolling and altering stem xylem
development. Plant Physiol 176(3):2082–2094
Zhao B, Liang R, Ge L, Li W, Xiao H, Lin H, Ruan K, Jin Y (2007) Identification of droughtinduced microRNAs in rice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 354:585–590
Zhao M, Ding H, Zhu JK, Zhang F, Li WX (2011) Involvement of miR169 in the nitrogenstarvation responses in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 190:906–915
Zhou M, Luo H (2014) Role of microRNA319 in creeping bentgrass salinity and drought stress
response. Plant Signaling Behav 9(4):1375–1391
Zhou M, Tang W (2019) MicroRNA156 amplifies transcription factor-associated cold stress
tolerance in plant cells. Mol Gen Genomics 294(2):379–393
Zhou X, Wang G, Sutoh K, Zhu JK, Zhang W (2008). Identification of cold-inducible microRNAs
in plants by transcriptome analysis. Biochim Biophys Acta (BBA) Gene Regul Mech
11:780–788
Zhou M, Gu L, Li P, Song X, Wei L, CHen Z, Cao X (2010) Degradome sequencing reveals
endogenous small RNA targets in rice (Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica). Front Biol 5(1):67–90
Zhou M, Li D, Li Z, Hu Q, Yang C, Zhu L, Luo H (2013) Constitutive expression of a miR319 gene
alters plant development and enhances salt and drought tolerance in transgenic creeping
bentgrass. Plant Physiol 161:1375–1391
Zhu JK (2016) Abiotic stress signaling and responses in plants. Cell 167:313–324
Zhu FR, Qiu ZB, Zhang YM, Zhang XR, Wang WL (2020) Characterization and functional
analysis of microRNA399 in Cunninghamia lanceolata. Biologia Plantarum 64:193–199
8 Orchestration of MicroRNAs and Transcription Factors in the Regulation of Plant. . .
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