Alternative splicing as a key player in the fine-tuning of the immunity response in Arabidopsis.

ABSTRACT: Plants, like animals, are constantly exposed to abiotic and biotic stresses, which often inhibit plant growth and development, and cause tissue damage, disease, and even plant death. Efficient and timely response to stress requires appropriate co- and posttranscriptional reprogramming of gene expression. Alternative pre-mRNA splicing provides an important layer of this regulation by controlling the level of factors involved in stress response and generating additional protein isoforms with specific features. Recent high-throughput studies have revealed that several defence genes undergo alternative splicing that is often affected by pathogen infection. Despite extensive work, the exact mechanisms underlying these relationships are still unclear, but the contribution of alternative protein

SUBMITTER: Kufel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9276941 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature