title: Alternative splicing and proteome diversity in plants: the tip of the iceberg has just emerged.
abstract: Alternative splicing has recently emerged as one of the most significant generators of functional complexity in several relatively well-studied animal genomes, but little is known about the extent of this phenomenon in higher plants. However, recent computational and experimental studies discussed here suggest that alternative splicing probably plays a far more significant role in the generation of proteome diversity in plants than was previously thought.
authors.affiliation: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Plant Industry, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, 306 Carmody Road, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4067, Australia. kemal.kazan@csiro.au
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kazan
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D020543:Proteome / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D020543:Proteome