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Alternative splicing of VRF1 acts as a molecular switch to regulate stress-induced early flowering.
Cell reports - 26 Nov 2024
Chen Mo-Xian, Tian Yuan, Zhu Fu-Yuan, Fan Tao, Yan Hong-Xue, Sun Peng-Cheng, Li Min, Hou Xuan-Xuan, Lin Ping, Song Yu-Chen, Yang Xue, Lu Cong-Ming, Yang Jian-Chang, Reddy Anireddy S N, Zhang Jian-Hua, Liu Ying-Gao
Abstract excerpt
Plants frequently evade extreme environmental stress by initiating early flowering, yet the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Here, through extensive mutant screening, we identify a vegetative growth to reproductive growth transition factor (vrf1) mutant, which exhibits a deficiency in drought escape. Alternative splicing of VRF1 generates four isoforms, of which two encode functional...
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