Distinct Evolutionary Origins of Intron Retention Splicing Events in NHX1 Antiporter Transcripts Relate to Sequence Specific Distinctions in Oryza Species

The genome of Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) shows the presence of six organelle-specific and one plasma membrane (OsNHX1-7) NHX-type cation proton antiporters. Of these, vacuolar-localized OsNHX1 is extensively characterized. The genus Oryza consists of 27 species and 11 genome-types, with...

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Main Authors: Gothandapani Sellamuthu, Vidya Jegadeeson, Radha Sivarajan Sajeevan, Raja Rajakani, Pavithra Parthasarathy, Kalaimani Raju, Lana Shabala, Zhong-Hua Chen, Meixue Zhou, Ramanathan Sowdhamini, Sergey Shabala, Gayatri Venkataraman
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2020.00267/full