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ArticleNucleic acids research2012

Alternative splicing and nonsense-mediated decay modulate expression of important regulatory genes in Arabidopsis.

Maria Kalyna, Craig G Simpson, Naeem H Syed, Dominika Lewandowska, Yamile Marquez, Branislav Kusenda, Jacqueline Marshall, John Fuller, Linda Cardle, Jim McNicol and 3 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 268 papers.

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268 citing papers in PubMed, 489 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria KalynaMax F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/3, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.
Craig G Simpson
Naeem H Syed
Dominika Lewandowska
Yamile Marquez
Branislav Kusenda
Jacqueline Marshall
John Fuller
Linda Cardle
Jim McNicol
Huy Q Dinh
Andrea Barta
John W S Brown
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna · ATJames Hutton Institute · GBUniversity of Dundee · GBMax Perutz Labs · ATMedical University of Vienna · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF I 254Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/G000212/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/G024979/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alternative splicing (AS) coupled to nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) is a post-transcriptional mechanism for regulating gene expression. We have used a high-resolution AS RT-PCR panel to identify endogenous AS isoforms which increase in abundance when NMD is impaired in the Arabidopsis NMD factor mutants, upf1-5 and upf3-1. Of 270 AS genes (950 transcripts) on the panel, 102 transcripts from 97 genes (32%) were identified as NMD targets. Extrapolating from these data around 13% of intron-containing genes in the Arabidopsis genome are potentially regulated by AS/NMD. This cohort of naturally occurring NMD-sensitive AS transcripts also allowed the analysis of the signals for NMD in plants. We show the importance of AS in introns in 5' or 3'UTRs in modulating NMD-sensitivity of mRNA transcripts. In particular, we identified upstream open reading frames overlapping the main start codon as a new trigger for NMD in plants and determined that NMD is induced if 3'-UTRs were >350 nt. Unexpectedly, although many intron retention transcripts possess NMD features, they are not sensitive to NMD. Finally, we have shown that AS/NMD regulates the abundance of transcripts of many genes important for plant development and adaptation including transcription factors, RNA processing factors and stress response genes.

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Alternative SplicingGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenes, RegulatorNonsense Mediated mRNA Decay3' Untranslated RegionsArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCodon, InitiatorCodon, NonsenseCycloheximideGenes, PlantIntronsProtein IsoformsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA HelicasesRNA, Messenger3' Untranslated RegionsArabidopsis ProteinsCodon, InitiatorCodon, NonsenseCycloheximideProtein IsoformsRNA HelicasesRNA, MessengerUPF1 protein, ArabidopsisUPF3 protein, Arabidopsis

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PMID22127866
PMCPMC3315328
OpenAlexW2108130533

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