Pokkali: A Naturally Evolved Salt-Tolerant Rice Shows a Distinguished Set of lncRNAs Possibly Contributing to the Tolerant Phenotype.

ABSTRACT: Pokkali is a strong representation of how stress-tolerant genotypes have evolved due to natural selection pressure. Numerous omics-based investigations have indicated different categories of stress-related genes and proteins, possibly contributing to salinity tolerance in this wild rice. However, a comprehensive study towards understanding the role of long-noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the salinity response of Pokkali has not been done to date. We have identified salt-responsive lncRNAs from contrasting rice genotypes IR64 and Pokkali. A total of 63 and 81 salinity-responsive lncRNAs were differentially expressed in IR64 and Pokkali, respectively. Molecular characterization of lncRNAs and lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA interaction networks helps to explore the role of lncRNAs in the stress response. Func

SUBMITTER: Tiwari S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10380863 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature