The ability of a seed to germinate and establish a plant at the right time of year is of vital
importance from an ecological and economical point of view. Due to the fragility of these …

Pre-mRNA maturation frequently occurs at the same time and place as transcription by RNA
polymerase II. The co-transcriptionality of mRNA processing has permitted the evolution of …

Seed dormancy and germination are two closely linked physiological traits that have great
impacts on adaptation and survival of seed plants. Seed dormancy strengthen and …

Seed dormancy is one of the most crucial process transitions in a plant's life cycle. Its timing
is tightly controlled by the expression level of the Delay of Germination 1 gene (DOG1) …

Most plant genes are interrupted by introns and the corresponding transcripts need to
undergo pre-mRNA splicing to remove these intervening sequences. Alternative splicing …

Transcript elongation factors (TEFs) are a heterogeneous group of proteins that control the
efficiency of transcript elongation of subsets of genes by RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) in the …

An understanding of the biology of seeds has been greatly advanced in recent years. The
progresses, particularly in the field of seed dormancy and germination research, have been …

Light makes carbon fixation possible, allowing plant and animal life on Earth. We have
previously shown that light regulates alternative splicing in plants. Light initiates a …

The activities of RNA polymerases shape the epigenetic landscape of genomes with
profound consequences for genome integrity and gene expression. A fundamental event …

Transcriptional elongation by RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) through chromatin is a dynamic
and highly regulated step of eukaryotic gene expression. A combination of transcript …