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ReviewRNA biology2026

Structure-driven function of plant lncRNAs: conserved RNA architectures in transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation.

Yanqi Shen, Qianli Dong, Yiliang Ding, Huakun Zhang

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Review in RNA biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yanqi ShenKey Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Qianli DongKey Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Yiliang DingDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Huakun ZhangKey Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as critical regulators of plant development, physiology, and environmental stress adaptation. Despite exhibiting limited primary sequence conservation across the plant kingdom, emerging evidence underscores that plant lncRNA functionality is encoded at the level of RNA secondary structure, facilitating diverse modes of structure-mediated gene regulation. In this review, we synthesize recent advances in elucidating the structural conservation, and molecular functions of plant lncRNAs. We further discuss their expanding regulatory repertoire and assess their potential utility as innovative molecular tools for crop improvement.

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Gene Expression Regulation, PlantPlantsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, PlantRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalTranscription, GeneticConserved SequenceNucleic Acid ConformationRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, PlantLong noncoding RNA (lncRNAs)plant, transcriptionRNA secondary structureRNA stabilitytranslation

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PMID42041276
PMCPMC13154995

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