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The Research Progress of Long Non-coding RNA in Plants
Zhang Fang, Dong Heng, Liu Dandan, Huang Li*, Cao Jiashu
Laboratory of Cell & Molecular Biology, Institute of Vegetable Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Abstract: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs)， widely found in eukaryotes， are tentatively defined as a class of RNA transcripts， which are greater than 200 nt in length and have extremely low protein-coding ability or without protein-coding ability. The type and function diversity of lncRNAs make them difficult to be understood. Especially， the knowledge about lncRNAs in plants is still quite limited. In this review， the types of characterized lncRNAs， the RNA polymerases involved in lncRNAs transcription， the associated biological functions and the corresponding molecular mechanisms， as well as the methods and strategies for lncRNAs research were introduced and discussed.
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