Splicing-related genes are alternatively spliced upon changes in ambient temperatures in plants.

ABSTRACT: Plants adjust their development and architecture to small variations in ambient temperature. In a time in which temperatures are rising world-wide, the mechanism by which plants are able to sense temperature fluctuations and adapt to it, is becoming of special interest. By performing RNA-sequencing on two Arabidopsis accession and one Brassica species exposed to temperature alterations, we showed that alternative splicing is an important mechanism in ambient temperature sensing and adaptation. We found that amongst the differentially alternatively spliced genes, splicing related genes are enriched, suggesting that the splicing machinery itself is targeted for alternative splicing when temperature changes. Moreover, we showed that many different components of the splicing machinery are targ

SUBMITTER: Verhage L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5336241 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature