Transcription profiling of pea seed development
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ABSTRACT: SnRK1 (sucrose-non-fermenting-1-related) protein kinases are involved in the regulation of plant metabolism controlling both gene expression and phosphorylation. The aim of the study was to investigate the role of SnRK1 in pea seed development. To study the effect of SnRK1 deficiency, transgenic pea plants were generated carrying a gene for VfSnRK1 in antisense orientation under control of seed specific vicilin promoter. Selected transgenic lines were characterized with decreased levels of PsSnRK1 mRNA and reduced up to 71% phosphorylation activity. Antisense inhibition of SnRK1 resulted in reduced seeds fresh weight, defect of pollen development. To dissect the SnRK1-antisense phenotype at the molecular level, a search for genes with differential expression patterns in transgenic plant versus wild type seeds has been performed using cDNA macroarray analysis. Radioactive labeled cDNA probes were prepared from RNA isolated from embryo of developing seeds of wild type (11, 13, 15, 17, 19, and 21 DAP) and transgenic SnRK1-antisense plant (13, 15, 17 and 19 DAP), which correspond to the transition phase of seed development, and hybridized to cDNA macroarrays.
ORGANISM(S): Pisum sativum
SUBMITTER: Ruslana Radchuk
PROVIDER: E-IPKG-1 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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