Genome-wide profiling of long non-coding RNA of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae during infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play essential roles in developmental processes and disease development at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels across diverse taxa. However, only few studies have profiled fungal lncRNAs in a genome-wide manner during host infection.

Results

Infection-associated lncRNAs were identified using lncRNA profiling over six stages of host infection (e.g., vegetative growth, pre-penetration, biotrophic, and necrotrophic stages) in the model pathogenic fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. We identified 2,601 novel lncRNAs, including 1,286 antisense lncRNAs and 980 intergenic lncRNAs. Among the identified lncRNAs, 755 were expressed in a stage-specific manner and 560 were infection-specifically expressed lncRNAs (ISELs). To decipher the

SUBMITTER: Choi G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8845233 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature