Project description:Crop plants are often exposed to the combination of drought and pathogen stress. Transcriptome studies on Arabidopsis thaliana and other plants unveiled activation of shared molecular defense mechanisms between under individual and combined stresses. These shared plant responses are characterized by commonly regulated genes under individual and combined stresses. Based on the previous studies, G-box binding factor 3 (GBF3) is one of the regulatory components of such shared responses. However, the mechanistic understanding on the role of GBF3 under combined drought and pathogen stress is not yet decoded. Using genetic approaches, we demonstrated Atgbf3 mutant plants are more susceptible under individual and combined drought and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 stresses as compared to the wild-type plants. We further analyzed the global transcriptome of Atgbf3 mutant under combined stress to identify its downstream targets to further validate the role of AtGBF3 in combined stress. We used microarrays to detail the global transcriptome reprogramming during AtGBF3-mediated regulation of combined stress.
Project description:To identify RDR1/2/6 dependent small RNA loci of transcribed regions under 2hr drought stress- and untreated conditions, expression profiles of small RNA between rdr1/2/6 and wild-type using hi-seq 2000.
Project description:To identify RDR1/2/6-dependent antisense RNA loci under 2hr drought stress and 2hr rehydration, expression profiles of Poly (A+) RNA between rdr1/2/6 and wild-type using the custom microarray (GPL19830) were analyzed.
Project description:To identify RDR1/2/6 dependent small RNA loci of transcribed regions under 2hr drought stress- and untreated conditions, expression profiles of small RNA between rdr1/2/6 and wild-type using hi-seq 2000. rdr1/2/6 and wild-type plants (Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Columbia) were grown on MS medium for 2weeks. Then, their plants were transfered to dry plastic dish for 2 hours. small RNA fraction was s extracted from the sample using Ambion mirVana miRNA Isolation Kit. small RNA labrary was constructed using TruSeq Small RNA Library Preparation Kits and applied to hi-seq 2000.
