Overexpressing lncRNA LAIR increases grain yield and regulates neighbouring gene cluster expression in rice

Ying Wang; Xiaojin Luo; Fan Sun; Jianhua Hu; Xiaojun Zha; Wei Su; Jinshui Yang

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05829-7

Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Overexpressing lncRNA LAIR increases grain yield and regulates neighbouring gene cluster expression in rice

Ying Wang,
Xiaojin Luo,
Fan Sun,
Jianhua Hu,
Xiaojun Zha,
Wei Su,
Jinshui Yang

Affiliations

Ying Wang: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
Xiaojin Luo: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
Fan Sun: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
Jianhua Hu: Research Center for Ecological Science and Technology, Fudan Zhangjiang Institute
Xiaojun Zha: College of Chemistry and Life Science, Zhejiang Normal University
Wei Su: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
Jinshui Yang: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05829-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The effect of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) on crop yield is unknown. Here, the authors show overexpression of a lncRNA, transcribed from the antisense strand of the previously discovered gene cluster LRK, can upregulate LRK genes’ expression, change histone modification status of LRK1, and increase rice grain yield.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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