Genome-wide analysis of long intergenic non-coding RNAs in chickpea and their potential role in flower development.

ABSTRACT: Non-coding RNAs constitute a major portion of the transcriptome in most of eukaryotes. Long non-coding transcripts originating from the DNA segment present between the protein coding genes are termed as long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs). Several evidences suggest the role of lincRNAs in regulation of various biological processes. In this study, we identified a total of 2248 lincRNAs in chickpea using RNA-seq data from eight successive stages of flower development and three vegetative tissues via an optimized pipeline. Different characteristic features of lincRNAs were studied and compared with those of predicted mRNAs in chickpea. Further, we utilized a method using network propagation algorithm to reveal the putative function of lincRNAs in plants. In total, at least 79% of the i

SUBMITTER: Khemka N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5024101 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature