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The Involvement of Long Noncoding RNAs in Response to Plant Stress
Akihiro Matsui1,2, Motoaki Seki3,4,5,6
1Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. akihiro.matsui@riken.jp.
Abstract:
Plant growth and productivity are greatly impacted by environmental stresses. Therefore, plants have evolved mechanisms which allow them to adapt to abiotic stresses through alterations in gene expression and metabolism. In recent years, studies have investigated the role of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) in regulating gene expression in plants and characterized their involvement in various biological functions through their regulation of DNA methylation, DNA structural modifications, histone modifications, and RNA-RNA interactions. Genome-wide transcriptome analyses have identified various types of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) that respond to abiotic stress. These ncRNAs are in addition to the well-known housekeeping ncRNAs, such as rRNAs, tRNAs, snoRNAs, and snRNAs. In this review, recent research pertaining to the role of lncRNAs in the response of plants to abiotic stress is summarized and discussed.
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