Arabidopsis Non-Coding RNA Regulation in Abiotic Stress Responses

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Akihiro Matsui¹  Anh Hai Nguyen¹  Kentaro Nakaminami¹ 

[1] Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan; E-Mails:

关键词: non-coding RNA;    small RNA;    antisense RNA;    abiotic stress response;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijms141122642

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Plant growth and productivity are largely affected by environmental stresses. Therefore, plants have evolved unique adaptation mechanisms to abiotic stresses through fine-tuned adjustment of gene expression and metabolism. Recent advanced technologies, such as genome-wide transcriptome analysis, have revealed that a vast amount of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) apart from the well-known housekeeping ncRNAs such as rRNAs, tRNAs, small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) and small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are expressed under abiotic stress conditions. These various types of ncRNAs are involved in chromatin regulation, modulation of RNA stability and translational repression during abiotic stress response. In this review, we summarize recent progress that has been made on ncRNA research in plant abiotic stress response.

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