Project description:To examine how the Arabidopsis root development responds to the Rhizobium sp. IRBG74 treatment at the molecular level, we performed RNA-seq experiments. Our RNA-seq results suggest that expression of genes mainly involved in auxin signaling, cell wall and cell membrane integrity and transport is altered in response to colonization by Rhizobium sp. IRBG74.
Project description:Summary The expression profile of internodes from high brix plant was compared to internodes from low brix plants. Mature (In9), intermediate (In5) and immature internodes (In1) were collected from two different Progenies and immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen. Total RNA was extracted using Trizol. Progeny 1 was derived from two intra-specific polycrosses, one among Saccharum officinarum genotypes and the other combining Saccharum spontaneum genotypes. For each generation, 500 individuals were sampled for brix content and gene expression. The extreme segregants were selected for further analysis. The F3 hybrid individuals selected for molecular studies were planted in a field in single rows of 5 m using standard sugarcane cultivation practices. Brix readings and tissue samples were collected very early in the season, and in March of the following year, when plants were 10 months old. The soluble solids (brix) content of mature internodes of each sugarcane stalk was measured with a portable refractometer (N1 model, ATAGO, Japan). Individuals or pools of eight individuals had their tissues collected and RNA extracted. Progeny 2 was derived from a cross between two commercial varieties (SP80-180 x SP80-4966). Five hundred sugarcane F1 plants were field-grown. The stem sugar content from the different plants showed a normal distribution, and seven plants with extreme brix values were collected. Keywords: Expression profiling by array
Project description:Summary The expression profile of internodes from high brix plant was compared to internodes from low brix plants. Mature (In9), intermediate (In5) and immature internodes (In1) were collected from two different Progenies and immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen. Total RNA was extracted using Trizol. Progeny 1 was derived from two intra-specific polycrosses, one among Saccharum officinarum genotypes and the other combining Saccharum spontaneum genotypes. For each generation, 500 individuals were sampled for brix content and gene expression. The extreme segregants were selected for further analysis. The F3 hybrid individuals selected for molecular studies were planted in a field in single rows of 5 m using standard sugarcane cultivation practices. Brix readings and tissue samples were collected very early in the season, and in March of the following year, when plants were 10 months old. The soluble solids (brix) content of mature internodes of each sugarcane stalk was measured with a portable refractometer (N1 model, ATAGO, Japan). Individuals or pools of eight individuals had their tissues collected and RNA extracted. Progeny 2 was derived from a cross between two commercial varieties (SP80-180 x SP80-4966). Five hundred sugarcane F1 plants were field-grown. The stem sugar content from the different plants showed a normal distribution, and seven plants with extreme brix values were collected. Keywords: Expression profiling by array Total RNA from internodes pool from high brix plants and low brix plants was hybridized to dual channel arrays. Internodes from the same stage of development and from the same progeny were compared. The quantification of each hybridization was submitted in two files, one for each slide side (technical replicates).
Project description:Coevolutionary change requires reciprocal selection between interacting species, i.e., that the partner genotypes that are favored in one species depend on the genetic composition of the interacting species. Coevolutionary genetic variation is manifested as genotype ´ genotype (G ´ G) interactions for fitness from interspecific interactions. Although quantitative genetic approaches have revealed abundant evidence for G ´ G interactions in symbioses, the molecular basis of this variation remains unclear. Here we study the molecular basis of G ´ G interactions in a model legume-rhizobium mutualism using gene expression microarrays. We find that, like quantitative traits such as fitness, variation in the symbiotic transcriptome may be partitioned into additive and interactive genetic components. Our results suggest that plant genetic variation is the largest influence on nodule gene expression, and that plant genotype and the plant genotype ´ rhizobium genotype interaction determine global shifts in rhizobium gene expression that in turn feedback to influence plant fitness benefits. Moreover, the transcriptomic variation we uncover implicates regulatory changes in both species as drivers of symbiotic gene expression variation. Our study is the first to partition genetic variation in a symbiotic transcriptome, and illuminates potential molecular routes of coevolutionary change. We assayed gene expression using three biological replicates for each plant genotype × rhizobium genotype combination (4 combinations) for a total of 12 chips.
Project description:Representative isolates of Rhizobium anhuiense sp. nov., isolated from effective nodules of Vicia faba and Pisum sativum grown in Southern China