Investigation of long non-coding RNAs as regulatory players of grapevine response to powdery and downy mildew infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are regulatory transcripts of length > 200 nt. Owing to the rapidly progressing RNA-sequencing technologies, lncRNAs are emerging as considerable nodes in the plant antifungal defense networks. Therefore, we investigated their role in Vitis vinifera (grapevine) in response to obligate biotrophic fungal phytopathogens, Erysiphe necator (powdery mildew, PM) and Plasmopara viticola (downy mildew, DM), which impose huge agro-economic burden on grape-growers worldwide.

Results

Using computational approach based on RNA-seq data, 71 PM- and 83 DM-responsive V. vinifera lncRNAs were identified and comprehensively examined for their putative functional roles in plant defense response. V. vinifera protein coding sequences (CDS) were also profi

SUBMITTER: Bhatia G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8186045 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature