Alternative Splicing in Plants--coming of Age

Overview

Journal Trends Plant Sci

Specialty Biology

Date 2012 Jun 30

PMID 22743067

Citations 239

Authors

Naeem H Syed

Maria Kalyna

Yamile Marquez

Andrea Barta

John W S Brown

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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.

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