Schmid, Markus
- Max Planck Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie
- Umeå Universitet
Sammanfattning
Developmental plasticity enables plants to respond rapidly to changing environmental conditions, such as temperature fluctuations. Understanding how plants measure temperature and integrate this information into developmental programs at the molecular level will be essential to breed thermo-tolerant crop varieties. Recent studies identified alternative splicing (AS) as a possible 'molecular thermometer', allowing plants to quickly adjust the abundance of functional transcripts to environmental perturbations. In this review, recent advances regarding the effects of temperature-responsive AS on plant development will be discussed, with emphasis on the circadian clock and flowering time control. The challenge for the near future will be to understand the molecular mechanisms by which temperature can influence AS regulation.
Publicerad i
Current Opinion in Plant Biology
2015, volym: 27, sidor: 97-103
Utgivare: CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
SLU författare
UKÄ forskningsämne
Botanik
Biokemi
Molekylärbiologi
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2015.06.016
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/127194