Project description:We explored the gene expression profiles of developing maize kernel by RNA sequencing. Our purpose was to explore the sequence diversity across the inbred lines, especially in the gene regions, and to discover the gene regulatory networks employed in immature maize kernels.
Project description:We demonstrated the manifestation of heterosis in hybrid maize embryo and endosperm tissue six days after fertilization in crosses of several inbred lines. Here we analyzed heterosis-associated gene expression pattern in these tissues of reciprocal crosses of two european maize inbred line combinations. Differences in gene expression were analyzed with custom microarrays by a combined approach of suppression subtractive hybridization and microarray hybridizations
Project description:Development of crop varieties with high nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is crucial for minimizing N loss, reducing environmental pollution and decreasing input cost. Maize is one of the most important crops cultivated worldwide and its productivity is closely linked to the amount of fertilizer used. A survey of the transcriptomes of shoot and root tissues of a maize hybrid line and its two parental inbred lines grown under sufficient and limiting N conditions by mRNA-Seq has been conducted to have a better understanding of how different maize genotypes respond to N limitation.
Project description:These data include RNA-seq, circRNA-seq, and small RNA-seq of transcriptome, Ribo-seq of translatome and protein protein binary interactions by recombination-based library vs. library yeast-2-hybrid throughout the lifecycle of the maize inbred line B73.
Project description:Using the RL-SAGE method (Gowda et al. 2004), a maize leaf longSAGE library (cv. inbred line B73) was constructed. Leaf tissues were harvested from 4-week old B73 plants for RNA isolation. The conditions in the growth chamber were 12 h light (500 µmol photons m-2 sec-1), 20oC at night, 26oC in the day and 85% relative humidity. A total of 44,870 unique tags (17 bases +CATG) were identified from 232,948 individual tags in the maize leaf library.
Project description:Analysis of the maize alternative splicing landscape, including transcript discovery and mapping of genotype-dependent variations in alternative splicing using B73, Mo17 and the SX19 inbred mapping population
Project description:In the current study a microarray (46k, University of Arizona, USA) analysis of 21 European maize (Zea mays L.) parental inbred lines (14 dent and 7 flint) was applied. The aim was the identification of parental genes which expression levels are correlated to heterosis and/or hybrid performance for grain yield (GY) and grain dry matter content (GDMC) in the hybrid progeny (F1). Therefore gene expression profiles of differentially expressed genes of the parental inbred lines at the seedling stage were correlated with GY- and GDMC-field data of 98 flint x dent factorial crosses gained at six different locations in Germany. The identification of heterosis-correlated genes is an approach for the characterization and also for the prediction of this phenomenon. For the analyses total RNA of seven days old seedlings was extracted and aminoallyl-labeled RNA probes were synthesized. RNA labeling (Cy3, Cy5) and hybridizations were performed according to the protocol of the maize oligonucleotide array project (http://www.maizearray.org). The microarrays were scanned (AppliedPrecision ArrayWorx Scanner, Applied Precision Inc., USA) and data were evaluated using the Software GenePix Pro 4.0 (Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, USA). An experimental interwoven loop design was developed aiming to yield in a preferably low average variance among the hybridizations, especially between intergroup (dent lines vs. flint lines) hybridizations. As a result 12288 (28.3%) of the genes showed differential expression between any combination of inbred lines. These differentially expressed genes were used for subsequent field data correlation analyses.
Project description:In this study a transcriptomic approach (RNA-sequencing) was utilized to elucidate molecular responses of maize (Zea mays L.) primary roots of the inbred line B73 to water deficit to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying drought tolerance. Kernels of the maize inbred line B73 were germinated in paper rolls soaked with distilled water until seedlings had a primary root length of 2 to 4 cm. For mild and severe water deficit conditions, seedlings were transferred to PEG8000 solution with water potentials of -0.2 MPa and -0.8 MPa, respectively. Water deficit treatment was applied for 6 h and 24 h. Each treatment was performed in four biological replicates each consisting of 10 roots.