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Functional classification of plant long noncoding RNAs: a transcript is known by the company it keeps
Author(s) -
Lucero Leandro,
Ferrero Lucía,
FonouniFarde Camille,
Ariel Federico
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/nph.16903
Subject(s) - biology , computational biology , rna , long non coding rna , non coding rna , gene , genetics
Summary The extraordinary maturation in high‐throughput sequencing technologies has revealed the existence of a complex network of transcripts in eukaryotic organisms, including thousands of long noncoding (lnc) RNAs with little or no protein‐coding capacity. Subsequent discoveries have shown that lncRNAs participate in a wide range of molecular processes, controlling gene expression and protein activity though direct interactions with proteins, DNA or other RNA molecules. Although significant advances have been achieved in the understanding of lncRNA biology in the animal kingdom, the functional characterization of plant lncRNAs is still in its infancy and remains a major challenge. In this review, we report emerging functional and mechanistic paradigms of plant lncRNAs and partner molecules, and discuss how cutting‐edge technologies may help to identify and classify yet uncharacterized transcripts into functional groups.