Research progress on the roles of lncRNAs in plant development and stress responses

Xiaoyu Wang; Hai Fan; Baoshan Wang; Fang Yuan

doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1138901

Research progress on the roles of lncRNAs in plant development and stress responses

Front Plant Sci. 2023 Mar 7:14:1138901. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1138901. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Xiaoyu Wang¹, Hai Fan¹, Baoshan Wang¹, Fang Yuan¹

Affiliation

¹ Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan, Shandong, China.

Abstract

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are RNAs of more than 200 nucleotides in length that are not (or very rarely) translated into proteins. In eukaryotes, lncRNAs regulate gene expression at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and epigenetic levels. lncRNAs are categorized according to their genomic position and molecular mechanism. This review summarized the characteristics and mechanisms of plant lncRNAs involved in vegetative growth, reproduction, and stress responses. Our discussion and model provide a theoretical basis for further studies of lncRNAs in plant breeding.

Keywords: biological function; characteristics; growth; long non-coding RNA; stress tolerance.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the MOE Layout Foundation of Humanities and Social Sciences (21YJAZH108), and the National Natural Science Research Foundation of China (NSFC, project nos. 32170301 and 31600200).