Various stresses induce alternative polyadenylation of nascent transcripts modulating their temporospatial expression. In turn, these transcripts produce the factors necessary for the cellular adaption to external and internal assaults.

Summary of major conflicts and controversies in biogenesis, characteristics, and function of circRNAs.

RNA Viruses influence a multitude of cellular pathways leading to disregulated gene expression.

Insights into the modulation of cellular AS are triggered by viral infections.

Regulatory noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) have recently been associated with the insecticide resistance of the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera), which is an insect known to infest cruciferous crops and to display resistance to most insecticides, including the ecofriendly Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) based biopesticides.