Project description:Global warming seriously threats world food supply. However, very few approaches have succeeded in genetically enhancing crop heat tolerance without growth penalty. To reveal the underlying molecular mechanism of Erecta action in response to thermal stress, we performed transcriptional profiling of Col-0 and mutant er-105 plants with or without 40℃ heat treatment on a global scale using the Affymetrix Arabidopsis ATH1 GeneChip.
Project description:To explore mechanisms involved in the plant-microbe interactions, we proceeded with genome-wide transcriptome analysis of Arabidopsis roots incubated with E. coli Bl21 for 24 hours. Control plants did not receive E. coli.
Project description:We evaluated differential RNA-seq coverage of all TAIR10-annotated introns in Arabidopsis seedlings subjected to heat stress. Transcriptome analyses of plants infected with bacteria suggested the untreated upf1-5 mutant was enriched not only with pathogen defense-associated mRNAs but also with transcripts encoding genes involved in the general abiotic stress responses. Therefore, we reasoned that global IR events in the upf1-5 mutant and in environmentally stressed wild-type plants may show similarities. Indeed, the transcriptomes of upf1-5 mutant and the heat-stressed wild-type seedlings shared an overlapping set of differentially expressed introns
Project description:Microarray assays can facilitate elucidation of cellular processes and gene network functions in the processes of plant growth and development. To gain further insight into the potential molecular role of the LCBK1 gene in the freezing tolerance of plant, we performed Affymetrix whole-genome microarray analysis (http://www.affymetrix.com/) on WT and lcbk1-2 plants to compare their genome-wide expression profiles under 22 °C or 4 °C treatment. The differently expressed genes revealed by transcriptional profiling indicate that LCBK1 may participate in the maintenance of plant ROS homeostasis and acts as a novel positive regulator of CBF-independent pathway to control the freezing tolerance of Arabidopsis.
Project description:Arabidopsis thaliana and Arabidopsis lyrata are two closely related Brassicaceae species, which are used as models for plant comparative biology. They differ by lifestyle, predominant mating strategy, ecological niches and genome organization. To identify heat stress induced genes, we performed RNA-sequencing of rosette leaves from mock-treated, heat-stressed and heat-stressed-recoved plants of both species.