Post-transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Plants during Abiotic Stress
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Regulation of mRNA Processing
3. Regulation of mRNA Stability by RNA Silencing
3.1. Implication of sRNAs in Abiotic Stress
3.2. sRNAs Up-Regulated by Stress
3.2.1. miR399 and Phosphate Starvation
3.2.2. Natural Antisense sRNAs and Salt Stress
3.3. sRNAs Down Regulated by Stress (miR398)
4. General Evidences of Translational Regulations in Plants
5. Involvement of Untranslated Regions (UTRs) in Translational Regulations
5.1. Upstream Open Reading Frames (uORFs) in Plants
5.2. Examples of Translational Regulation Mediated by uORF
6. Compartmentalization of mRNAs in the Cytoplasm
7. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
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Floris, M.; Mahgoub, H.; Lanet, E.; Robaglia, C.; Menand, B. Post-transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Plants during Abiotic Stress. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 10, 3168-3185. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms10073168
Floris M, Mahgoub H, Lanet E, Robaglia C, Menand B. Post-transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Plants during Abiotic Stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2009; 10(7):3168-3185. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms10073168
Chicago/Turabian StyleFloris, Maïna, Hany Mahgoub, Elodie Lanet, Christophe Robaglia, and Benoît Menand. 2009. "Post-transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Plants during Abiotic Stress" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 10, no. 7: 3168-3185. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms10073168