Project description:OsRUS1-GFP overexpression (OsRUS1-OX) transgenic rice lines were generated using ZH-11 wildtype. Under well-watered conditions, the leaves of OsRUS1-OX transgenic rice lines could roll in about four minutes under sunlight, and the rolled leaves of OsRUS1-OX transgenic rice lines could expand in about seven minutes if the sunlight was shaded, while the leaves of wildtype ZH-11 expanded all the times at the same conditions. The mechanism behind the light-responded rapid and dynamic leaf rolling phenotype of OsRUS1-OX transgenic rice lines is unknown. Therefore, in order to understand this mechanism the RNA-Seq approach was used to explore the expressed genes difference between OsRUS1-OX and ZH-11.
Project description:Ghd7 regulates a range of functions in growth and development in response to environmental cues to maximize the reproductive success of the rice plant. We used microarrays to detail the regulated genes in OX-Ghd7HJ19 transgenic plants. To gain clues to downstream genes regulated by Ghd7, we performed a microarray analysis using Affimetrix rice gene chips. Young leaves in vegetative stage (35-days old) and developing panicles (0.1cm) from field-grown OX-Ghd7HJ19 transgenic and wild-type plants with two biological replicates were used to isolate RNA for chip analysis.
Project description:Analysis of leaves from 3-week old transgenic plants overexpressing AAF, which is a senescence-associated gene. Overexpression of AAF promoted leaf senescence and accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in transgenic plants. Results provide insight in the role of AAF in ROS homeostasis and the function in leaf senescence. 3-week-old plants of Col-0 (wild type, as control) and AAF-OX (overexpression line) were grown in long day condition (16hr light/8hr dark). Rosette leaves of Col-0 and AAF-OX were used for total RNA extraction and cDNA synthesis. cDNA labeling, array hybridization, and scanning followed standard Affymetrix expression array protocol. Two independent sets of microarray analyses were performed in this study.
