title: GREENC: a Wiki-based database of plant lncRNAs.
abstract: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are functional non-translated molecules greater than 200 nt. Their roles are diverse and they are usually involved in transcriptional regulation. LncRNAs still remain largely uninvestigated in plants with few exceptions. Experimentally validated plant lncRNAs have been shown to regulate important agronomic traits such as phosphate starvation response, flowering time and interaction with symbiotic organisms, making them of great interest in plant biology and in breeding. There is still a lack of lncRNAs in most sequenced plant species, and in those where they have been annotated, different methods have been used, so making the lncRNAs less useful in comparisons within and between species. We developed a pipeline to annotate lncRNAs and applied it to 37 plant species and six algae, resulting in the annotation of more than 120 000 lncRNAs. To facilitate the study of lncRNAs for the plant research community, the information gathered is organised in the Green Non-Coding Database (GreeNC, http://greenc.sciencedesigners.com/).
authors.affiliation: Sequentia Biotech SL, Calle Comte D'Urgell 240, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Andreu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paytuví Gallart
authors.affiliation: CRG Bioinformatics Facility, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Dr Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Dr Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2016-6465
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hermoso Pulido
authors.affiliation: Sequentia Biotech SL, Calle Comte D'Urgell 240, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Irantzu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anzar Martínez de Lagrán
authors.affiliation: Sequentia Biotech SL, Calle Comte D'Urgell 240, Barcelona, Spain wsanseverino@sequentiabiotech.com.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sanseverino
authors.affiliation: Sequentia Biotech SL, Calle Comte D'Urgell 240, Barcelona, Spain raiesecigliano@sequentiabiotech.com.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9058-6994
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aiese Cigliano
mesh_terms: D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D018745:Genome, Plant; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding