Hasna Khan

INTRODUCTION Due to their sessile nature, plants cannot move to escape unfavorable conditions. Instead, they rely heavily on gene expression regulation to mount an appropriate response to changing environments. In addition to differential gene expression (DE), a role for alternative splicing (AS) in fine-tuning transcriptional responses to various environmental stresses is emerging.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. This article does not contain any studies with human or animal participants. Supporting Information Filename Description tpj70095-sup-0001-FigureS1-S7.docxWord 2007 document , 1.4 MB Figure S1. Flow cytometry profile of sperm cells and vegetative nucleus. Figure S2. Functional enrichment of differentially expressed genes between SC in vitro and SC MPG. Figure S3.

Abstract Plants are exposed to a variety of growth, developmental, and environmental cues during their lifespan. To survive and thrive, plants have developed sophisticated ways of responding to these signals that involve regulation at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional, translational, and post-translational levels. Leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases are the largest family of receptor-like kinases in plants and respond to a range of external and internal stimuli.