LncRNAs: the art of being influential without protein

LR Gonzales, S Blom, R Henriques, CWB Bachem… - Trends in Plant …, 2024 - cell.com
The plant long noncoding (lnc) RNA field is on the brink of transitioning from large-scale
identification of lncRNAs to their functional characterization. Due to the cross-kingdom …

Multilayered Regulation and Implication of Flowering Time in Plants

F Niu, MS Rehmani, J Yan - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Initiation of flowering is a key switch for plants to shift from the vegetative growth to the phase
of reproductive growth. This critical phase is essential not only for achieving successful …

CANTATAdb 3.0: An Updated Repository of Plant Long Non-Coding RNAs

MW Szcześniak, E Wanowska - Plant and Cell Physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
CANTATAdb 3.0 is an updated database of plant long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs),
containing 571,688 lncRNAs identified across 108 species, including 100 Magnoliopsida …

Two B‐box proteins orchestrate vegetative and reproductive growth in summer chrysanthemum

Q Wang, L Wang, H Cheng, S Wang, J Li… - Plant, Cell & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Floral transition, the switch from vegetative to reproductive growth, is extremely important for
the growth and development of flowering plants. In the summer chrysanthemum, CmBBX8, a …

Update on functional analysis of long non-coding RNAs in common crops

A Zhang, W Pi, Y Wang, Y Li, J Wang, S Liu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
With the rapid advances in next-generation sequencing technology, numerous non-protein-
coding transcripts have been identified, including long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), which …

Nanopore direct RNA sequencing reveals N6-methyladenosine and polyadenylation landscapes on long non-coding RNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana

Q Liang, J Zhang, HM Lam, TF Chan - BMC Plant Biology, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in various
biological processes, including stage development in plants. N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) …

LsRTDv1, a reference transcript dataset for accurate transcript‐specific expression analysis in lettuce

MF Kara, W Guo, R Zhang, K Denby - The Plant Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate quantification of gene and transcript‐specific expression, with the underlying
knowledge of precise transcript isoforms, is crucial to understanding many biological …

Identification and expression profiling of flowering-related microRNAs and their targets reveals complex regulatory networks associated with bolting time in spinach

A Ghayour-Najafabadi, A Soorni, V Shariati, S Wang… - Scientia …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bolting is one of the most important limiting traits in vegetable crops, like spinach, when
spurt to flowering before harvesting. The evidence indicates bolting is controlled by various …

The Pivotal Role of Noncoding RNAs in Flowering Time Regulation

Y Liu, QF Zhu, WY Li, P Chen, J Xue, Y Yu, YZ Feng - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Noncoding RNAs constitute a substantial portion of the transcriptome and play pivotal roles
in plant growth and development. Among these processes, flowering stands out as a crucial …

Full-Length Transcriptome and the Identification of lncRNAs Involved in Salicylic Acid-Induced Flowering in Duckweed (Lemna gibba)

L Fu, D Tan, X Sun, Z Ding, J Zhang - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are crucial components in regulating the flowering of
plants. However, the regulatory mechanism of lncRNAs underlying salicylic acid (SA) …