title: The flowers that bloom in the spring: RNA processing and seasonal flowering.
abstract: Seasonal flowering in plants responds to hormonal and environmental cues that lead to expression of genes for flowering and growth. A new paper in this issue of Cell describes how one regulatory gene controls its own expression at the level of mRNA polyadenylation, adding an exciting new model for both the RNA processing and plant gene expression fields.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
authors.forename: Clinton C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: K Wyatt
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: McMahon
mesh_terms: D035264:Flowers / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D026723:Polyadenylation / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors