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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2023

MERISTEM-DEFECTIVE regulates the balance between stemness and differentiation in the root meristem through RNA splicing control.

Helen L Thompson, Weiran Shen, Rodrigo Matus, Medhavi Kakkar, Carl Jones, David Dolan, Sushma Grellscheid, Xiyan Yang, Na Zhang, Sina Mozaffari-Jovin and 4 more

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Helen L ThompsonDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
Weiran ShenDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
Rodrigo MatusDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
Medhavi KakkarDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
Carl JonesDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
David DolanDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
Sushma GrellscheidDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
Xiyan YangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Na ZhangCollege of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Sina Mozaffari-JovinDepartment of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Goettingen, Germany.
Chunli ChenCollege of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Xianlong ZhangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Jennifer F ToppingDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
Keith LindseyDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7992-6804
Durham University · GBHuazhong Agricultural University · CNMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry · DE

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/S000305/1Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología 298696Durham University
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants respond to environmental stresses through controlled stem cell maintenance and meristem activity. One level of gene regulation is RNA alternative splicing. However, the mechanistic link between stress, meristem function and RNA splicing is poorly understood. The MERISTEM-DEFECTIVE (MDF) Arabidopsis gene encodes an SR-related family protein, required for meristem function and leaf vascularization, and is the likely orthologue of the human SART1 and yeast Snu66 splicing factors. MDF is required for the correct splicing and expression of key transcripts associated with root meristem function. We identified RSZ33 and ACC1, both known to regulate cell patterning, as splicing targets required for MDF function in the meristem. MDF expression is modulated by osmotic and cold stress, associated with differential splicing and specific isoform accumulation and shuttling between nucleus and cytosol, and acts in part via a splicing target SR34. We propose a model in which MDF controls splicing in the root meristem to promote stemness and to repress stress response, cell differentiation and cell death pathways.

Indexed as

ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCell DifferentiationGene Expression Regulation, PlantHumansMeristemPlant RootsRNA SplicingArabidopsis ProteinsACC1ArabidopsisMDF/DOT2Meristem functionRNA splicingRSZ33SR34

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PMID36971700
PMCPMC10112893
OpenAlexW4361000942

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