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Special Issue: Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Plant Growth, Development and Stress Responses

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In order to grow, develop, reproduce and respond to the stress conditions, plants trigger a network of regulatory mechanisms including genetic or epi-genetic reprogramming of expression of key genes at transcriptional and/or post-transcriptional levels. These gene expression regulatory mechanisms play key roles in a wide range of the plant life processes and stages. Therefore, it is important to highlight these regulatory mechanisms. Owing to the modern tool-boxes along with available databases, our insights into the regulatory mechanisms of plant growth, development and stress (biotic/abiotic; single, dual and/or multifactorial) responses and tolerance at transcriptional and/or post-transcriptional levels have improved considerably in recent years. Major players such as transcription factors and regulatory non-coding RNA species (including small and micro-RNAs) have emerged with key regulatory roles in plant life cycles. These regulations are also pivotal for plants to restore and re-establish their cellular homeostasis during and in recovery from the stress phases. Besides, these regulatory elements are also emerging as potent targets for engineering crops for improved qualitative and quantitative traits as well as stress tolerance.

This special issue aims to bring together high-quality research and reviews highlighting updates and advancements in transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms underlying plant growth, development and responses/tolerance to environmental stresses (single, dual or multifactorial).

Editors

  • Vinay Kumar Vinay Kumar , 

    Vinay Kumar

    Department of Biotechnology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India

  • Ashish Kumar Srivastava Ashish Kumar Srivastava  &

    Ashish Kumar Srivastava

    Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India

  • Hamada AbdElgawad Hamada AbdElgawad

    Hamada AbdElgawad

    Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Belgium

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