Translational Regulation in the Plant Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses and Pathogens

Dear Colleagues,

One key mechanism for plants to adapt to challenging environmental conditions is the modulation of gene expression. Changes in gene expression rely on a wide variety of molecular mechanisms affecting the mRNA status, such as transcription, processing, transport, translation, storage, and decay. However, in contrast to other processes, such as transcription, whose role in the plant adaptation to multiple environmental stresses has been deeply characterized, the role of translational regulation during environmental aggressions remains poorly described.

Recent advances in techniques to study mRNA translation status have highlighted the relevance of translation to controlling general and specific gene expression during plant adaptation to external stimuli, attracting scientists’ attention to this regulation. Despite the well-accepted importance of a deep understanding of the regulation of translation in plants, the mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. In this sense, the field of translational regulation in plants faces multiple issues to be solved, including the understanding of signal transduction, the discovery of new key players involved in the control of the different phases of the translational process, the elucidation of the mechanisms involved in translation regulation, the sequestration of mRNA into P-bodies and stress granules, and the identification of new mRNAs regulated at the translational level in response to different environmental cues, such as abiotic and biotic stressors.

In this Special Issue, articles (original research papers, reviews, modeling approaches and methods) that focus on translational regulation that may contribute to understanding plant tolerance to environmental (biotic and abiotic) conditions are most welcome.

Dr. Mar Castellano
Dr. Alejandro Ferrando
Dr. Catharina Merchante
Dr. Alfonso Muñoz
Guest Editors

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• plants
• translation
• regulation of translation
• translation initiation
• translation elongation
• translation termination
• TOR
• translation factors
• Ribosome Footprint
• Riboseq
• ribosome
• ribosomal component
• stress granules
• P-bodies
• abiotic stress
• biotic stress