Long Non-Coding RNAs, the Dark Matter: An Emerging Regulatory Component in Plants

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 86
• Main Authors: Waseem, Muhammad, Liu, Yuanlong, Xia, Rui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 23.12.2020; MDPI AG
• Subjects: dark matter; epigenetics; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; lncRNAs; Magnoliopsida - genetics; Magnoliopsida - growth & development; Magnoliopsida - metabolism; regulator; Review; RNA, Long Noncoding - genetics; RNA, Long Noncoding - metabolism; Stress, Physiological; tolerance; lncRNAs; regulator; database; dark matter; epigenetics; tolerance

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are pervasive transcripts of longer than 200 nucleotides and indiscernible coding potential. lncRNAs are implicated as key regulatory molecules in various fundamental biological processes at transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and epigenetic levels. Advances in comp...