Editing MicroRNA (section)

==Plants==
miRNAs are considered to be key regulators of many developmental, homeostatic, and immune processes in plants.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal | vauthors = Borchers A, Pieler T | title = Programming pluripotent precursor cells derived from Xenopus embryos to generate specific tissues and organs | journal = Genes | volume = 1 | issue = 3 | pages = 413–426 | date = November 2010 | doi = 10.3390/ijms232314755 | pmid = 36499082 | pmc = 9740008 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Their roles in [[plant development]] include shoot apical [[meristem]] development, leaf growth, flower formation, seed production, or root expansion.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Curaba J, Spriggs A, Taylor J, Li Z, Helliwell C | title = miRNA regulation in the early development of barley seed | journal = BMC Plant Biology | volume = 12 | issue = 1 | pages = 120 | date = July 2012 | pmid = 22838835 | pmc = 3443071 | doi = 10.1186/1471-2229-12-120 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | vauthors = Choudhary A, Kumar A, Kaur H, Kaur N |date= May 2021 |title=MiRNA: the taskmaster of plant world |journal=Biologia |language=en |volume=76 |issue=5 |pages=1551–1567 |doi=10.1007/s11756-021-00720-1 |bibcode= 2021Biolg..76.1551C |s2cid= 233685660 |issn=1336-9563}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Waheed S, Zeng L | title = The Critical Role of miRNAs in Regulation of Flowering Time and Flower Development | journal = Genes | volume = 11 | issue = 3 | pages = 319 | date = March 2020 | doi = 10.3390/genes11030319 | pmid = 32192095 | pmc = 7140873 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wong CE, Zhao YT, Wang XJ, Croft L, Wang ZH, Haerizadeh F, Mattick JS, Singh MB, Carroll BJ, Bhalla PL | title = MicroRNAs in the shoot apical meristem of soybean | journal = Journal of Experimental Botany | volume = 62 | issue = 8 | pages = 2495–2506 | date = May 2011 | pmid = 21504877 | doi = 10.1093/jxb/erq437 | hdl = 10536/DRO/DU:30106047 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> In addition, they play a complex role in responses to various [[Abiotic stress|abiotic stresses]] comprising heat stress, low-temperature stress, drought stress, light stress, or gamma radiation exposure.<ref name=":2" />