Review: Long noncoding RNAs and the art of being influential without protein
Plant Science Research WeeklyAdvances in sequencing technologies have led to a tremendous growth in the number of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) being identified in plants, but identifying their function lags behind. Here, Ramirez Gonzales and Blom et al. draw on lessons from studies in mammalian systems and highlight several known…
N6-methyladenosine mRNA modification dynamics in plant immunity
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellPrall et al. explore how post-transcriptional regulation of mRNA mediated by methylation at the N6 position of adenine affects plants preparedness and reactivity to pathogen stress.
Wil Prall and Brian Gregory, University of Pennsylvania Department of Biology
Background: To determine how plants…