Schmid, Markus
- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
- Umeå University
Abstract
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.
Published in
Current Opinion in Plant Biology
2015, volume: 27, pages: 97-103
Publisher: CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Botany
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2015.06.016
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/127194