title: Long noncoding RNAs add another layer to pre-mRNA splicing regulation.
abstract: In this issue of Molecular Cell, Tripathi and coworkers (Tripathi et al., 2010) decode some of the functions of a long noncoding RNA MALAT1. They provide evidence that MALAT1 regulates alternative splicing by controlling the activity of the SR protein family of splicing factors.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Minna-Liisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ankö
authors.forename: Karla M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Neugebauer