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SnRK1 and TOR—in a different light

Saile et al. explore the role of SnRK1 and TOR in light-dependent seedling development and splicing. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad168 Jennifer Saile and Andreas Wachter Institute for Molecular Physiology (imP), University of Mainz Background: Plants adjust their development to light…

Pre-mRNA retention in Cajal bodies as a mechanism of post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression during development

By Dariusz Jan Smoliński, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland Rudzka and colleagues characterize the retention of Sm pre-mRNAs that retain introns in Cajal bodies over the course of microsporocyte development in European larch (Larix decidua) Background: Reports in both animals and plants have…

The splicing factor RNA BINDING PROTEIN 45d regulates temperature-responsive flowering (Plant Cell)

Posttranscriptional events such as splicing are part of the gene regulation toolbox. Previous studies have demonstrated a role for U-rich small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) such as U1 in the control of splicing. In a recent paper in The Plant Cell, Chang et al. identified a splicing factor, RNA…