R-loops between nascent pri-miRNAs and the encoding loci promote co-transcriptional processing of miRNAs in plants
L. Gonzalo, I. Tossolini, T. Gulanicz, D. A. Cambiagno, A. Kasprowicz-Maluski, J. D. Smolinski, S. Marquardt, Z. Szweykowska-Kulinska, A. Jarmolowski, P. A. Manavella
This study shows that miRNA biogenesis in plants is coupled to transcription through R-loops, which anchor transcripts and promote co-transcriptional processing.
bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2021Plant Biology