BrphyB is critical for rapid recovery to darkness in mature Brassica rapa leaves
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ABSTRACT: Here, we examine the transcriptomic response of adult wild-type and BrphyB leaves to darkening and recovery in light. Three days of dark was sufficient to elicit a response in wild type leaves suggesting a shift from carbon fixation and nutrient acquisition to active redistribution of cellular resources. Upon a return to light, wild-type leaves appeared to transcriptionally return to a pre-darkness state restoring a focus on nutrient acquisition. BrphyB mutant plants have a similar response with key differences in genes involved in photosynthesis and light response which deviate from the wild type transcriptional dynamics. Genes targeted to the chloroplast are especially affected. Adult plants had fewer, larger chloroplasts suggesting a link between phytochromes, chloroplast development, photosynthetic deficiencies and resource allocation.
ORGANISM(S): Brassica rapa
PROVIDER: GSE135955 | GEO | 2020/08/18
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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