{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Zhao J"],"funding":["Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grant Program competitive","China Scholarship Council Fellowship","USDA National Institute of Food, Agriculture","National Institute of Food and Agriculture"],"pagination":["233-251"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6330543"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["17(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["MicroRNA393 (miR393) has been implicated in plant growth, development and multiple stress responses in annual species such as Arabidopsis and rice. However, the role of miR393 in perennial grasses remains unexplored. Creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) is an environmentally and economically important C3 cool-season perennial turfgrass. Understanding how miR393 functions in this representative turf species would allow the development of novel strategies in genetically engineering grass species for improved abiotic stress tolerance. We have generated and characterized transgenic creeping bentgrass plants overexpressing rice pri-miR393a (Osa-miR393a). We found that Osa-miR393a transgenics had fewer, but longer tillers, enhanced drought stress tolerance associated with reduced stomata"],"journal":["Plant biotechnology journal"],"pubmed_title":["Transgenic creeping bentgrass overexpressing Osa-miR393a exhibits altered plant development and improved multiple stress tolerance."],"pmcid":["PMC6330543"],"funding_grant_id":["2010-33522-21656","CSREES SC‐1700450","CSREES SC-1700450"],"pubmed_authors":["Zhou M","Liu H","Yuan S","Li Z","Li S","Yuan N","Luo H","Hu Q","Bethea FG","Zhao J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Transgenic creeping bentgrass overexpressing Osa-miR393a exhibits altered plant development and improved multiple stress tolerance.","description":"MicroRNA393 (miR393) has been implicated in plant growth, development and multiple stress responses in annual species such as Arabidopsis and rice. However, the role of miR393 in perennial grasses remains unexplored. Creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) is an environmentally and economically important C3 cool-season perennial turfgrass. Understanding how miR393 functions in this representative turf species would allow the development of novel strategies in genetically engineering grass species for improved abiotic stress tolerance. We have generated and characterized transgenic creeping bentgrass plants overexpressing rice pri-miR393a (Osa-miR393a). We found that Osa-miR393a transgenics had fewer, but longer tillers, enhanced drought stress tolerance associated with reduced stomata","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Jan","modification":"2026-04-30T15:56:59.368Z","creation":"2019-03-26T22:37:56Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6330543","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29873883"],"doi":["10.1111/pbi.12960"]}}