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Recent Advances in Plant Molecular Science in China 2024

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2024) | Viewed by 722

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Dear Colleagues,

This special issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances in plant molecular science in China by inviting contributions from Chinese research institutes/laboratories that consolidate our understanding of this area. Potential topics regarding plants include, but are not limited to, biophysics, biochemistry, and molecular biology; cell biology; physiology; genomics/epigenomics; proteomics and metabolomics; bioactive phytochemicals; plant–microbe interactions; developmental biology; pests and diseases; synthetic biology; computational biology; and the development of new technologies in plant sciences. In this Special Issue, we welcome submissions in the form of comprehensive reviews or new research advancements in all the abovementioned areas.

Dr. Ke Wang
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • wheat
  • genetic transformation
  • gene editing
  • plant

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Integrated Metabolome, Transcriptome and Long Non-Coding RNA Analysis Reveals Potential Molecular Mechanisms of Sweet Cherry Fruit Ripening
by Gangshuai Liu, Daqi Fu, Xuwei Duan, Jiahua Zhou, Hong Chang, Ranran Xu, Baogang Wang and Yunxiang Wang
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25(18), 9860; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25189860 - 12 Sep 2024
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Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), a class of important regulatory factors for many biological processes in plants, have received much attention in recent years. To explore the molecular roles of lncRNAs in sweet cherry fruit ripening, we conducted widely targeted metabolome, transcriptome and lncRNA [...] Read more.
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), a class of important regulatory factors for many biological processes in plants, have received much attention in recent years. To explore the molecular roles of lncRNAs in sweet cherry fruit ripening, we conducted widely targeted metabolome, transcriptome and lncRNA analyses of sweet cherry fruit at three ripening stages (yellow stage, pink stage, and dark red stage). The results show that the ripening of sweet cherry fruit involves substantial metabolic changes, and the rapid accumulation of anthocyanins (cyanidin 3-rutinoside, cyanidin 3-O-galactoside, and cyanidin 3-O-glucoside) is the main cause of fruit coloration. These ripening-related alterations in the metabolic profile are driven by specific enzyme genes related to the synthesis and decomposition of abscisic acid (ABA), cell wall disintegration, and anthocyanin biosynthesis, as well as transcription factor genes, such as MYBs, bHLHs, and WD40s. LncRNAs can target these ripening-related genes to form regulatory modules, incorporated into the sweet cherry fruit ripening regulatory network. Our study reveals that the lncRNA-mRNA module is an important component of the sweet cherry fruit ripening regulatory network. During sweet cherry fruit ripening, the differential expression of lncRNAs will meditate the spatio-temporal specific expression of ripening-related target genes (encoding enzymes and transcription factors related to ABA metabolism, cell wall metabolism and anthocyanin metabolism), thus driving fruit ripening. Full article
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