Non-coding RNAs and Their Roles in Stress Response in Plants

Overview

Journal Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics

Specialty Biology

Date 2017 Oct 12

PMID 29017967

Citations 83

Authors

Jingjing Wang

Xianwen Meng

Oxana B Dobrovolskaya

Yuriy L Orlov

Ming Chen

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Abstract

Eukaryotic genomes encode thousands of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), which play crucial roles in transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Accumulating evidence indicates that ncRNAs, especially microRNAs (miRNAs) and long ncRNAs (lncRNAs), have emerged as key regulatory molecules in plant stress responses. In this review, we have summarized the current progress on the understanding of plant miRNA and lncRNA identification, characteristics, bioinformatics tools, and resources, and provided examples of mechanisms of miRNA- and lncRNA-mediated plant stress tolerance.

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