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A Reporter Based Cellular Assay for Monitoring Splicing Efficiency
Published on: September 15, 2021
Roles of pre-mRNA splicing and polyadenylation in plant development
1State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Abstract:
Plants possess amazing plasticity of growth and development, allowing them to adjust continuously and rapidly to changes in the environment. Over the past two decades, numerous molecular studies have illuminated the role of transcriptional regulation in plant development and environmental responses. However, emerging studies in Arabidopsis have uncovered an unexpectedly widespread role for post-transcriptional regulation in development and responses to environmental changes. In this review, we summarize recent discoveries detailing the contribution of two post-transcriptional mechanisms, pre-mRNA splicing and polyadenylation, to the regulation of plant development, with an emphasis on the control of flowering time. We also discuss future directions in the field and new technological approaches.
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