Histone H3 lysine 36 methylation affects temperature-induced alternative splicing and flowering in plants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Global warming severely affects flowering time and reproductive success of plants. Alternative splicing of pre-messenger RNA (mRNA) is an important mechanism underlying ambient temperature-controlled responses in plants, yet its regulation is poorly understood. An increase in temperature promotes changes in plant morphology as well as the transition from the vegetative to the reproductive phase in Arabidopsis thaliana via changes in splicing of key regulatory genes. Here we investigate whether a particular histone modification affects ambient temperature-induced alternative splicing and flowering time.

Results

We use a genome-wide approach and perform RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) analyses and histone H3 lysine 36 tri-methylation (H3K36me3) chromatin immunoprecipitatio

SUBMITTER: Pajoro A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5452352 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature