Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Regulation of FT splicing by an endogenous cue in temperate grasses

  • Zhengrui Qin,
  • Jiajie Wu,
  • Shuaifeng Geng,
  • Nan Feng,
  • Fengjuan Chen,
  • Xingchen Kong,
  • Gaoyuan Song,
  • Kai Chen,
  • Aili Li,
  • Long Mao,
  • Liang Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14320
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The correct timing of transition from the vegetative to reproductive stage is critical during the plant life cycle. Here the authors show that age dependent alternative splicing ofFLOWERING LOCUS T mRNA regulates phase transitions in Brachypodium distachyon.