Exploring epitranscriptomics for crop improvement and environmental stress tolerance
Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
| Veröffentlicht in: | Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB. - 1991. - 183(2022) vom: 15. Juli, Seite 56-71 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2022
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Review Environmental stress Epigenetics Epitranscriptome High-throughput sequencing Methylation Post-transcriptional regulations RNA Modifications RNA |
| Zusammenfassung: | Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. Climate change and stressful environmental conditions severely hamper crop growth, development and yield. Plants respond to environmental perturbations, through their plasticity provided by key-genes, governed at post-/transcriptional levels. Gene-regulation in plants is a multilevel process controlled by diverse cellular entities that includes transcription factors (TF), epigenetic regulators and non-coding RNAs beside others. There are successful studies confirming the role of epigenetic modifications (DNA-methylation/histone-modifications) in gene expression. Recent years have witnessed emergence of a highly specialized field the "Epitranscriptomics". Epitranscriptomics deals with investigating post-transcriptional RNA chemical-modifications present across the life forms that change structural, functional and biological characters of RNA. However, deeper insights on of epitranscriptomic modifications, with >140 types known so far, are to be understood fully. Researchers have identified epitranscriptome marks (writers, erasers and readers) and mapped the site-specific RNA modifications (m6A, m5C, 3' uridylation, etc.) responsible for fine-tuning gene expression in plants. Simultaneous advancement in sequencing platforms, upgraded bioinformatic tools and pipelines along with conventional labelled techniques have further given a statistical picture of these epitranscriptomic modifications leading to their potential applicability in crop improvement and developing climate-smart crops. We present herein the insights on epitranscriptomic machinery in plants and how epitranscriptome and epitranscriptomic modifications underlying plant growth, development and environmental stress responses/adaptations. Third-generation sequencing technology, advanced bioinformatics tools and databases being used in plant epitranscriptomics are also discussed. Emphasis is given on potential exploration of epitranscriptome engineering for crop-improvement and developing environmental stress tolerant plants covering current status, challenges and future directions |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 03.06.2022 Date Revised 03.06.2022 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1873-2690 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.04.031 |