Project description:Transcriptome analysis in tobacco mutant plants using tomato Genechip Genome array Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv. Petit Havanna) psaA and psbA deletion mutants were constructed through a targeted deletion of 767 and 1152 nucleotides of coding regions, respectively with two gene cassettes: psbAproR:uidA:psbterR and rrnR:aadA:rbcLterR coding for GUS reporter and spectinomycin selectable marker genes, respectively. Standard established procedures were followed for chloroplast transformation to generate the psaA and psbA deletion mutants based on the homologous recombination. Gene expression profiles in psaA and psbA tobacco mutant plants were analyzed using tomato Genechip Genome array to study the global changes in the expression of genome. Total RNA was isolated from psaA and psbA tobacco mutant plants along with the wild type plants. Biotin labeled cRNA was hybridized on tomato GeneChip Genome Array following the Affymetrix protocols. Two independent biological replicates were maintained.
Project description:Transcriptome analysis in tobacco mutant plants using tomato Genechip Genome array Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv. Petit Havanna) psaA and psbA deletion mutants were constructed through a targeted deletion of 767 and 1152 nucleotides of coding regions, respectively with two gene cassettes: psbAproR:uidA:psbterR and rrnR:aadA:rbcLterR coding for GUS reporter and spectinomycin selectable marker genes, respectively. Standard established procedures were followed for chloroplast transformation to generate the psaA and psbA deletion mutants based on the homologous recombination. Gene expression profiles in psaA and psbA tobacco mutant plants were analyzed using tomato Genechip Genome array to study the global changes in the expression of genome.
Project description:Campeiostachys nutans, a dominant perennial grass in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, exhibits high tolerance to salt stress. The Salt Overly Sensitive (SOS) pathway is key to plant salt stress tolerance. However, the pivotal role of the SOS pathway in response to salt stress in C. nutans remains unknown. Here, we identified CnbHLH130 as a novel transcriptional activator of CnCBL10, directly binds to the G-box motif in the promoter. CnbHLH130 responds to salt stress and positively regulate salt tolerance in rice and C. nutans. Interestingly, we found CnCBL10 and CnCIPK4 interact with CnbHLH130 by a Y2H screening assay. The interactions were confirmed by split-luciferase complementation (split-LUC), Pull-down, Co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) and bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assays. Moreover, CnbHLH130 enhanced the interaction between CnCBL10 and CnCIPK4, which further phosphorylate and activate Na+/H+ antiporter CnSOS1 to exclude excess cytosolic Na+ from cells in the shoots. Genetic evidence showed that CnCBL10, CnCIPK4 and CnbHLH130 coordinately regulates salt tolerance in plants. In summary, this study demonstrated that CnbHLH130 acts as a novel core component and transcriptional activator regulating CnCBL10-CnCIPK4 mediated SOS pathway, thus conferring to the salt tolerance in C. nutans. This work advanced our understandings of how an alpine plant greatly survived in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by concise regulation of the SOS pathway in response to salt stress.
Project description:To investigate the effects of C. nutans DCM fraction on HeLa cells using transcriptomic analysis. We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of two different condition at two replicates.
Project description:We measured transcriptional profiles of individuals of Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans, two C4 grass species native to North American grasslands, in a field experiment in which both temperature and precipitation have been manipulated to simulate key aspects of forecasted climate change. 99 samples were analyzed.