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ArticleBMC genomics2017

Transcriptome analysis reveals the complexity of alternative splicing regulation in the fungus Verticillium dahliae.

Lirong Jin, Guanglin Li, Dazhao Yu, Wei Huang, Chao Cheng, Shengjie Liao, Qijia Wu, Yi Zhang

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Article in BMC genomics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lirong JinKey Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Central China, Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430064, China.
Guanglin LiCenter for Genome Analysis, ABLife Inc., Optics Valley International Biomedical Park, Building 9-4, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, 388 Gaoxin 2nd Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430075, China.
Dazhao YuKey Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Central China, Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430064, China. dazhaoyu@china.com.
Wei HuangKey Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Central China, Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430064, China.
Chao ChengCenter for Genome Analysis, ABLife Inc., Optics Valley International Biomedical Park, Building 9-4, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, 388 Gaoxin 2nd Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430075, China.
Shengjie LiaoCenter for Genome Analysis, ABLife Inc., Optics Valley International Biomedical Park, Building 9-4, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, 388 Gaoxin 2nd Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430075, China.
Qijia WuLaboratory for Genome Regulation and Human Heath, ABLife Inc., Optics Valley International Biomedical Park, Building 9-4, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, 388 Gaoxin 2nd Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430075, China.
Yi ZhangCenter for Genome Analysis, ABLife Inc., Optics Valley International Biomedical Park, Building 9-4, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, 388 Gaoxin 2nd Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430075, China. yizhang@ablife.cc.
Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNHubei University of Technology · CNShaanxi Normal University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlternative splicing (AS) regulation is extensive and shapes the functional complexity of higher organisms. However, the contribution of alternative splicing to fungal biology is not well studied.

resultsThis study provides sequences of the transcriptomes of the plant wilt pathogen Verticillium dahliae, using two different strains and multiple methods for cDNA library preparations. We identified alternatively spliced mRNA isoforms in over a half of the multi-exonic fungal genes. Over one-thousand isoforms involve TopHat novel splice junction; multiple types of combinatory alternative splicing patterns were identified. We showed that one Verticillium gene could use four different 5' splice sites and two different 3' donor sites to produce up to five mature mRNAs, representing one of the most sophisticated alternative splicing model in eukaryotes other than animals. Hundreds of novel intron types involving a pair of new splice sites were identified in the V. dahliae genome. All the types of AS events were validated by using RT-PCR. Functional enrichment analysis showed that AS genes are involved in most known biological functions and enriched in ATP biosynthesis, sexual/asexual reproduction, morphogenesis, signal transduction etc., predicting that the AS regulation modulates mRNA isoform output and shapes the V. dahliae proteome plasticity of the pathogen in response to the environmental and developmental changes.

conclusionsThese findings demonstrate the comprehensive alternative splicing mechanisms in a fungal plant pathogen, which argues the importance of this fungus in developing complicate genome regulation strategies in eukaryotes.

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Gene Expression Profiling3' Untranslated Regions5' Untranslated RegionsAlternative SplicingHost-Pathogen InteractionsIntronsVerticillium3' Untranslated Regions5' Untranslated RegionsAlternative splicingFungusIntron retentionVerticillium dahliae

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