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ReviewJournal of experimental botany2024

Untranslated yet indispensable-UTRs act as key regulators in the environmental control of gene expression.

Emma C Hardy, Martin Balcerowicz

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Review in Journal of experimental botany, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emma C HardyDivision of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee at the James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK.
Martin BalcerowiczDivision of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee at the James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9462-4436
James Hutton Institute · GB

Funding

Royal Society URF\R1\211672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To survive and thrive in a dynamic environment, plants must continuously monitor their surroundings and adjust their development and physiology accordingly. Changes in gene expression underlie these developmental and physiological adjustments, and are traditionally attributed to widespread transcriptional reprogramming. Growing evidence, however, suggests that post-transcriptional mechanisms also play a vital role in tailoring gene expression to a plant's environment. Untranslated regions (UTRs) act as regulatory hubs for post-transcriptional control, harbouring cis-elements that affect an mRNA's processing, localization, translation, and stability, and thereby tune the abundance of the encoded protein. Here, we review recent advances made in understanding the critical function UTRs exert in the post-transcriptional control of gene expression in the context of a plant's abiotic environment. We summarize the molecular mechanisms at play, present examples of UTR-controlled signalling cascades, and discuss the potential that resides within UTRs to render plants more resilient to a changing climate.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, PlantEnvironmentPlantsUntranslated RegionsUntranslated RegionsAbiotic stressalternative splicinggene expressionpost-transcriptional regulationRNA-binding protein (RBP)RNA processingRNA structuretranslationuntranslated region (UTR)

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PMID38394144
PMCPMC11263492
OpenAlexW4392150844

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