Project description:Whole transcriptome characterization of the effects of dehydration and rehydration on Cladonia rangiferina, the grey reindeer lichen.
Project description:We have utilized the raw sequence data from our earlier investigation of the lichen transcriptome to design a custom DNA microarray for C. rangiferina in order to study the transcripts expressed in lichen thallus during dehydration and rehydration. The aim of this study was to identify the genes most differentially expressed during the rehydration and drying processes and also to get a more integrative view of the molecular players who may play roles in the processes required for lichen desiccation tolerance and the rapid re-establishment of photosynthesis through functional annotation.