Frequently changing environmental conditions pose unwarranted threat to plants life and
impose serious penalties in terms of arrested growth, metabolism and ultimately the yield …

ABA Insensitive 5 (ABI5) is a basic leucine zipper transcription factor that plays a key role in
the regulation of seed germination and early seedling growth in the presence of ABA and …

Invasive species are a key driver of the global biodiversity crisis, but the drivers of
invasiveness, including the role of pathogens, remain debated. We investigated the genomic …

Drought stress, a major environmental factor, significantly affects plant growth and
reproduction. Plants have evolved complex molecular mechanisms to tolerate drought …

Freshly matured seeds exhibit primary dormancy, which prevents germination until
environmental conditions are favorable. The establishment of dormancy occurs during seed …

RNA turnover is necessary for controlling proper mRNA levels posttranscriptionally. In
general, RNA degradation is via exoribonucleases that degrade RNA either from the 5 …

Plants as sessile organisms have developed prompt response mechanisms to react to rapid
environmental changes. In addition to the transcriptional regulation of gene expression …

Background RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are increasingly recognized as regulatory
component of post-transcriptional gene expression. RBPs interact with mRNAs via RNA …

Pleiotropy occurs when one gene influences more than one trait, contributing to genetic
correlations among traits. Consequently, it is considered a constraint on the evolution of …

Post-transcriptional regulation has far-reaching implications on the fate of RNAs. It is gaining
increasing momentum as a critical component in adjusting global cellular transcript levels …