Abstract
In the March 2012 issue of The Plant Cell we describe extensive alternative splicing (AS) of Arabidopsis circadian clock genes. Notably these distinct post-transcriptional events associate with different steady-state temperatures and also with plants undergoing temperature transitions leading us to propose that temperature-associated AS is an additional mechanism involved in the operation and control of the plant circadian clock. Here we show that temperature associated AS also extends to REVEILLE 8 (RVE8), demonstrating a hitherto unrecognized link between the expression of this clock associated gene and temperature. Finally we discuss our observations of the plastic nature of clock gene expression at the post-transcriptional level in the context of the ongoing fascination of how plants respond to temperature.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1219-23 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Plant Signaling and Behavior |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2012 |
Keywords
- Alternative splicing
- Circadian
- Clock
- Temperature
- Temperature compensation
- Temperature perception