title: One Gene, Many Proteins: Mapping Cell-Specific Alternative Splicing in Plants.
abstract: Pre-mRNA alternative splicing (AS) generates protein variants from a single gene that can create novel regulatory opportunities. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Li et al. (2016) present a high-resolution expression map of AS events in Arabidopsis root tissues, giving insight into cell-type- and stage-specific AS mechanisms in plants.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK.
authors.forename: Ranjan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Swarup
authors.affiliation: IPS2, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (CNRS-INRA), University of Paris-Saclay, Bat. 630, 91405 Orsay, France.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crespi
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK. Electronic address: malcolm.bennett@nottingham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Malcolm J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D007438:Introns; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D012322:RNA Precursors