<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Colleen Doherty</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Joanna Friesner</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brian Gregory</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ann Loraine</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molly Megraw</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nicholas Provart</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">R Keith Slotkin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chris Town</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sarah M Assmann</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Michael Axtell</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tanya Berardini</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sixue Chen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Malia Gehan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eva Huala</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pankaj Jaiswal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stephen Larson</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Song Li</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sean May</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Todd Michael</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chris Pires</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chris Topp</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Justin Walley</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eve Wurtele</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arabidopsis bioinformatics resources: The current state, challenges, and priorities for the future</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Direct</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">01/2019</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pld3.109</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">S Ha</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">E Dimitrova</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stefan Hoops</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">D Altarawy</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">M Ansariola</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">D Deb</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J Glazebrook</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">R Hillmer</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">H Shahin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">F Katagiri</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J McDowell</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">M Megraw</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J Setubal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BM Tyler</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reinhard Laubenbacher</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PlantSimLab-a modeling and simulation web tool for plant biologists</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BMC Bioinformatics</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12/2019</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" 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Assmann</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ruth Bastow</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Julia Bailey-Serres</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jim Beynon</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Volker Brendel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">C. Robin Buell</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alexander Bucksch</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wolfgang Busch</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Taku Demura</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jose R. Dinneny</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Colleen J. Doherty</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andrea L. Eveland</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pascal Falter-Braun</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Malia A. Gehan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Michael Gonzales</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Erich Grotewold</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rodrigo Gutierrez</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ute Kramer</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gabriel Krouk</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shisong Ma</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">R.J. Cody Markelz</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molly Megraw</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Blake C. Meyers</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">James A.H. Murray</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nicholas J. Provart</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sue Rhee</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Roger Smith</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Edgar P. Spalding</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Crispin Taylor</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tracy K. Teal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Keiko U. Torii</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chris Town</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Matthew Vaughn</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Richard Vierstra</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Doreen Ware</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Olivia Wilkins</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cranos Williams</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Siobhan M. Brady</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Next Generation of Training for Arabidopsis Researchers: Bioinformatics and Quantitative Biology</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Physiology</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12/2017</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/175/4/1499</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">175</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1499-1509</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;div&gt;It has been more than 50 years since Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) was first introduced as a model organism to understand basic processes in plant biology. A well-organized scientific community has used this small reference plant species to make numerous fundamental plant biology discoveries (Provart et al., 2016). Due to an extremely well-annotated genome and advances in high-throughput sequencing, our understanding of this organism and other plant species has become even more intricate and complex. Computational resources, including CyVerse,3 Araport,4 The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR),5 and BAR,6 have further facilitated novel findings with just the click of a mouse. As we move toward understanding biological systems, Arabidopsis researchers will need to use more quantitative and computational approaches to extract novel biological findings from these data. Here, we discuss guidelines, skill sets, and core competencies that should be considered when developing curricula or training undergraduate or graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty. A selected case study provides more specificity as to the concrete issues plant biologists face and how best to address such challenges.&lt;/div&gt;</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sparks, E. E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drapek, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gaudinier, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Li, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ansariola, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shen, N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hennacy, J. H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zhang, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Turco, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Petricka, J. J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foret, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hartemink, A. J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gordan, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Megraw, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brady, S. M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Benfey, P. N.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Establishment of Expression in the SHORTROOT-SCARECROW Transcriptional Cascade through Opposing Activities of Both Activators and Repressors</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dev Cell</style></secondary-title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Developmental cell</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arabidopsis Proteins/ genetics/ metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arabidopsis/ genetics/growth &amp; development/ metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Computer Simulation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gene Expression Regulation, Plant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gene Regulatory Networks</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genes, Plant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genes, Reporter</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genes, Synthetic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Models, Genetic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Roots/cytology/metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plants, Genetically Modified</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Promoter Regions, Genetic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Repressor Proteins/genetics/metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trans-Activators/genetics/metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Transcription Factors/ genetics/ metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Two-Hybrid System Techniques</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12/2016</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2016.09.031</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">39</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">585-596</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1878-1551 (Electronic)1534-5807 (Linking)</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Tissue-specific gene expression is often thought to arise from spatially restricted transcriptional cascades. However, it is unclear how expression is established at the top of these cascades in the absence of pre-existing specificity. We generated a transcriptional network to explore how transcription factor expression is established in the Arabidopsis thaliana root ground tissue. Regulators of the SHORTROOT-SCARECROW transcriptional cascade were validated in planta. At the top of this cascade, we identified both activators and repressors of SHORTROOT. The aggregate spatial expression of these regulators is not sufficient to predict transcriptional specificity. Instead, modeling, transcriptional reporters, and synthetic promoters support a mechanism whereby expression at the top of the SHORTROOT-SCARECROW cascade is established through opposing activities of activators and repressors.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Petricka, Jalean J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Schauer, Monica A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Megraw, Molly</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Breakfield, Natalie W</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thompson, J Will</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Georgiev, Stoyan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Soderblom, Erik J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ohler, Uwe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Moseley, Martin Arthur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Grossniklaus, Ueli</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Benfey, Philip N</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The protein expression landscape of the Arabidopsis root.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arabidopsis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arabidopsis Proteins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Base Sequence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chromatography, Liquid</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DNA Primers</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gene Expression Profiling</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Roots</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plants, Genetically Modified</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Protein Array Analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Protein Interaction Mapping</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proteome</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proteomics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">RNA, Plant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tandem Mass Spectrometry</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012 May 1</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">109</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6811-8</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Because proteins are the major functional components of cells, knowledge of their cellular localization is crucial to gaining an understanding of the biology of multicellular organisms. We have generated a protein expression map of the Arabidopsis root providing the identity and cell type-specific localization of nearly 2,000 proteins. Grouping proteins into functional categories revealed unique cellular functions and identified cell type-specific biomarkers. Cellular colocalization provided support for numerous protein-protein interactions. With a binary comparison, we found that RNA and protein expression profiles are weakly correlated. We then performed peak integration at cell type-specific resolution and found an improved correlation with transcriptome data using continuous values. We performed GeLC-MS/MS (in-gel tryptic digestion followed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry) proteomic experiments on mutants with ectopic and no root hairs, providing complementary proteomic data. Finally, among our root hair-specific proteins we identified two unique regulators of root hair development.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">18</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brady, Siobhan M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zhang, Lifang</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Megraw, Molly</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Martinez, Natalia J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jiang, Eric</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yi, Charles S</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Liu, Weilin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zeng, Anna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Taylor-Teeples, Mallorie</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kim, Dahae</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ahnert, Sebastian</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ohler, Uwe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ware, Doreen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Walhout, Albertha J M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Benfey, Philip N</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A stele-enriched gene regulatory network in the Arabidopsis root.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mol Syst Biol</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mol. Syst. Biol.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arabidopsis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arabidopsis Proteins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gene Expression Profiling</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gene Regulatory Networks</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MicroRNAs</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Roots</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reproducibility of Results</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Systems Biology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Transcription Factors</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Two-Hybrid System Techniques</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011 Jan 18</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">459</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Tightly controlled gene expression is a hallmark of multicellular development and is accomplished by transcription factors (TFs) and microRNAs (miRNAs). Although many studies have focused on identifying downstream targets of these molecules, less is known about the factors that regulate their differential expression. We used data from high spatial resolution gene expression experiments and yeast one-hybrid (Y1H) and two-hybrid (Y2H) assays to delineate a subset of interactions occurring within a gene regulatory network (GRN) that determines tissue-specific TF and miRNA expression in plants. We find that upstream TFs are expressed in more diverse cell types than their targets and that promoters that are bound by a relatively large number of TFs correspond to key developmental regulators. The regulatory consequence of many TFs for their target was experimentally determined using genetic analysis. Remarkably, molecular phenotypes were identified for 65% of the TFs, but morphological phenotypes were associated with only 16%. This indicates that the GRN is robust, and that gene expression changes may be canalized or buffered.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iizasa, Hisashi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wulff, Bjorn-Erik</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alla, Nageswara R</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maragkakis, Manolis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Megraw, Molly</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hatzigeorgiou, Artemis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iwakiri, Dai</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Takada, Kenzo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wiedmer, Andreas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Showe, Louise</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lieberman, Paul</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nishikura, Kazuko</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Editing of Epstein-Barr virus-encoded BART6 microRNAs controls their dicer targeting and consequently affects viral latency.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J Biol Chem</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J. Biol. Chem.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cell Line, Tumor</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Epstein-Barr Virus Infections</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gene Silencing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Herpesvirus 4, Human</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Immediate-Early Proteins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MicroRNAs</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ribonuclease III</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">RNA Editing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">RNA, Viral</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trans-Activators</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Viral Proteins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Virus Latency</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010 Oct 22</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">285</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33358-70</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Certain primary transcripts of miRNA (pri-microRNAs) undergo RNA editing that converts adenosine to inosine. The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genome encodes multiple microRNA genes of its own. Here we report that primary transcripts of ebv-miR-BART6 (pri-miR-BART6) are edited in latently EBV-infected cells. Editing of wild-type pri-miR-BART6 RNAs dramatically reduced loading of miR-BART6-5p RNAs onto the microRNA-induced silencing complex. Editing of a mutation-containing pri-miR-BART6 found in Daudi Burkitt lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma C666-1 cell lines suppressed processing of miR-BART6 RNAs. Most importantly, miR-BART6-5p RNAs silence Dicer through multiple target sites located in the 3&amp;#39;-UTR of Dicer mRNA. The significance of miR-BART6 was further investigated in cells in various stages of latency. We found that miR-BART6-5p RNAs suppress the EBNA2 viral oncogene required for transition from immunologically less responsive type I and type II latency to the more immunoreactive type III latency as well as Zta and Rta viral proteins essential for lytic replication, revealing the regulatory function of miR-BART6 in EBV infection and latency. Mutation and A-to-I editing appear to be adaptive mechanisms that antagonize miR-BART6 activities.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">43</style></issue></record></records></xml>