title: Arabidopsis non-coding RNA regulation in abiotic stress responses.
abstract: Plant growth and productivity are largely affected by environmental stresses. Therefore, plants have evolved unique adaptation mechanisms to abiotic stresses through fine-tuned adjustment of gene expression and metabolism. Recent advanced technologies, such as genome-wide transcriptome analysis, have revealed that a vast amount of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) apart from the well-known housekeeping ncRNAs such as rRNAs, tRNAs, small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) and small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are expressed under abiotic stress conditions. These various types of ncRNAs are involved in chromatin regulation, modulation of RNA stability and translational repression during abiotic stress response. In this review, we summarize recent progress that has been made on ncRNA research in plant abiotic stress response.
authors.affiliation: Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan. motoaki.seki@riken.jp.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Anh Hai
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakaminami
authors.forename: Motoaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seki
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D022661:RNA, Untranslated / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D022661:RNA, Untranslated