Enhanced discovery of plant RNA-binding proteins
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhang, Zu, et al. develop a method to identify RNA-binding proteins that bind poly(A) and non-poly(A) RNAs.
Yong Zhang and Devinder Sandhu; University of California Riverside and US Salinity Laboratory (USDA-ARS), Riverside, CA, USA
Background: RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are important for controlling…
Plant cells secrete diverse RNA species, including small RNAs, long noncoding RNAs and circular RNAs
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKarimi et al. showed that Arabidopsis plants secrete numerous RNAs, which are associated with proteins and are located outside extracellular vesicles. Plant Cell. (2022) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac043
By: Hana Zand Karimi and Roger W. Innes, Indiana University
Background: To prevent infection…