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. 2013 Nov 18;14(11):22642–22654. doi: 10.3390/ijms141122642

Table 1.

Classification of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) (1) involved in abiotic stress responses.

Small ncRNAs (sRNAs)

  • micro RNAs (miRNAs)

  • small interfering RNAs (siRNAs)

    • TGS-related heterochromatic siRNAs

    • trans-acting siRNAs (ta-siRNAs)

    • natural antisense transcript siRNAs (nat-siRNA)

    • others

Long ncRNAs (lncRNAs)

  • long antisense non-coding RNAs (lancRNAs)

    • lancRNAs generated during biogenesis of ta-siRNAs and S-PTGS-related siRNAs

    • lancRNAs involved in epigenetic silencing

    • lancRNAs co-expressed with sense-stranded protein-coding mRNAs

    • others

  • long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs)

    • RNAs generated from small open reading frame regions

    • RNA decoys mimicking miRNA targets

    • RNAs transcribed by Pol III

    • RNAs transcribed by Pol IV during biogenesis of TGS-related heterochromaticsiRNAs

    • others

(1)

ncRNAs are classified except for well-known housekeeping ncRNAs, such as rRNAs, tRNAs, snRNAs and snoRNAs.