Alternative polyadenylation blooms

Dev Cell. 2010 Feb 16;18(2):172-4. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2010.02.001.

Abstract

Alternative polyadenylation generates mRNAs with 3' untranscribed regions of different lengths, often affecting transcript stability. Hornyik et al., in this issue of Developmental Cell, and Liu et al. now demonstrate a role for alternative polyadenylation in gene silencing and the regulation of flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • 3' Untranslated Regions
  • Arabidopsis / genetics*
  • Arabidopsis / growth & development
  • Arabidopsis / metabolism*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism
  • Flowers / genetics
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Gene Silencing
  • MADS Domain Proteins / genetics
  • MADS Domain Proteins / metabolism
  • Models, Biological
  • Polyadenylation
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics*
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism*
  • RNA, Plant / genetics*
  • RNA, Plant / metabolism*

Substances

  • 3' Untranslated Regions
  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • FLF protein, Arabidopsis
  • MADS Domain Proteins
  • RNA, Messenger
  • RNA, Plant