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Alternative splicing in plants – coming of age
- Source :
- Trends in Plant Science
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2012.
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Abstract
- More than 60% of intron-containing genes undergo alternative splicing (AS) in plants. This number will increase when AS in different tissues, developmental stages, and environmental conditions are explored. Although the functional impact of AS on protein complexity is still understudied in plants, recent examples demonstrate its importance in regulating plant processes. AS also regulates transcript levels and the link with nonsense-mediated decay and generation of unproductive mRNAs illustrate the need for both transcriptional and AS data in gene expression analyses. AS has influenced the evolution of the complex networks of regulation of gene expression and variation in AS contributed to adaptation of plants to their environment and therefore will impact strategies for improving plant and crop phenotypes.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Transcription, Genetic
Nonsense-mediated decay
Circadian clock
Review
Plant Science
Biology
Genes, Plant
01 natural sciences
Epigenesis, Genetic
Evolution, Molecular
Polyploidy
03 medical and health sciences
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Circadian Clocks
Gene expression
RNA, Messenger
Gene
Plant Proteins
030304 developmental biology
2. Zero hunger
Regulation of gene expression
Genetics
0303 health sciences
Protein Stability
fungi
Alternative splicing
food and beverages
Plants
Phenotype
Nonsense Mediated mRNA Decay
Alternative Splicing
RNA, Plant
Evolutionary biology
Adaptation
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13601385
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Trends in Plant Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....94970fe4e8e28d1f13d561c9097d91f7
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2012.06.001