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BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS
Volume 48, Issue 6, Pages 2399-2414Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BST20190492
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- National Science Foundation [DBI1949036, MCB 2014542]
- DOE Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research [DE-SC0010733]
- Chinese National Science Fund [31901862]
- Leverhulme Trust [RPG-2016-014]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31971734]
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Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies - Illumina RNA-seq, Pacific Biosciences isoform sequencing (PacBio Iso-seq), and Oxford Nanopore direct RNA sequencing (DRS) - have revealed the complexity of plant transcriptomes and their regulation at the co-/post-transcriptional level. Global analysis of mature mRNAs, transcripts from nuclear run-on assays, and nascent chromatin-bound mRNAs using short as well as full-length and single-molecule DRS reads have uncovered potential roles of different forms of RNA polymerase II during the transcription process, and the extent of co-transcriptional pre-mRNA splicing and polyadenylation. These tools have also allowed mapping of transcriptome-wide start sites in cap-containing RNAs, poly(A) site choice, poly(A) tail length, and RNA base modifications. The emerging theme from recent studies is that reprogramming of gene expression in response to developmental cues and stresses at the co-/post-transcriptional level likely plays a crucial role in eliciting appropriate responses for optimal growth and plant survival under adverse conditions. Although the mechanisms by which developmental cues and different stresses regulate co-/post-transcriptional splicing are largely unknown, a few recent studies indicate that the external cues target spliceosomal and splicing regulatory proteins to modulate alternative splicing. In this review, we provide an overview of recent discoveries on the dynamics and complexities of plant transcriptomes, mechanistic insights into splicing regulation, and discuss critical gaps in co-/ post-transcriptional research that need to be addressed using diverse genomic and biochemical approaches.
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