Alignment of transcripts and genome sequences yielded a set of alternatively spliced
transcripts in four angiosperm genomes: three dicotyledon species Medicago truncatula …

Background Recently, genomic sequencing efforts were finished for Oryza sativa (cultivated
rice) and Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis). Additionally, these two plant species have …

Arabidopsis intron mutants provide and will continue to provide a valuable source of
information on in vivo plant intron splicing. All of the characterized mutants discussed here …

Alternative splicing (AS) is a key regulatory mechanism that contributes to transcriptome and
proteome diversity. As very few genome-wide studies analyzing AS in plants are available …

A total of 74 small nuclear RNA (snRNA) genes and 395 genes encoding splicing-related
proteins were identified in the Arabidopsis genome by sequence comparison and motif …

Background Most eukaryotic genes comprise exons and introns thus requiring the precise
removal of introns from pre-mRNAs to enable protein biosynthesis. U2 and U12 …

Background Although originally thought to be less frequent in plants than in animals,
alternative splicing (AS) is now known to be widespread in plants. Here we report the …

Alternative splicing generates multiple transcript and protein isoforms from the same gene
and thus is important in gene expression regulation. To date, RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) is …

Splicing is one of the major contributors to observed spatiotemporal diversification of
transcripts and proteins in metazoans. There are numerous factors that affect the process …

Previous studies have established that splice site selection and splicing efficiency in plants
depend strongly on local compositional contrast consisting of high exon G+ C content …