Identification of miR171a-GRAS50 Regulatory Module Associated with Wood Properties in Populus tomentosa
Guhang Shi, Rui Huang, Shitong Qin, Mingyang Quan, Deqiang Zhang · 2025
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Description
Longer fibres make poplar wood worth more, but the gene switches that set fibre length are little known. Guhang Shi and four co-authors track one such switch pair in a Chinese poplar in 2025. A tiny RNA holds down a gene that helps steer early wood growth.
The team first mapped the tiny RNA's whole family and found its members split in role. Link tests tie the pair to fibre length. A glow test in cells, gene counts, and deep reads of both genes and their decay all point one way: the tiny RNA reins the gene in. That gene, in turn, steers genes that build cellulose, the fibre's frame. The pair is a fresh target for breeders who select trees by gene marks.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Guhang Shi, Rui Huang, Shitong Qin, Mingyang Quan, Deqiang Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |