Project description:In order to identify possible RNAs regulated by small RNA NsiR3 we have analyzed the responses to nitrogen removal in a mutant lacking nsiR3 (ΔnsiR3). RNA samples were isolated from cells growing in the presence of combined nitrogen (ammonium) or after 8 h of nitrogen deprivation.
Project description:Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) associations enhance the phosphorous and nitrogen nutrition of host plants, but little is known about their role in potassium (K+) nutrition. Medicago truncatula plants were co-cultured with the AM fungus Rhizophagus irregularis under high and low K+ regimes for six weeks. We determined how K+ deprivation affects plant development, mineral acquisition, and how these negative effects are tempered by the AM colonization. The transcriptional response of AM roots under K+ deficiency was analyzed by whole genome RNA-seq. K+ deprivation decreased root biomass, external K+ uptake, and modulated oxidative stress gene expression in M. truncatula roots. AM colonization induced specific transcriptional responses to K+ deprivation that seem to temper these negative effects. A gene network analysis revealed putative key regulators of these responses. This study confirmed that AM associations provide some tolerance to K+ deprivation to host plants, revealed that AM symbiosis modulates the expression of specific root genes to cope with this nutrient stress, and identified putative regulators participating in these tolerance mechanisms.
Project description:Arabidopsis plants grown in a hydroponic media with sufficient Nitrogen were given a 60mM supply of Nitrogen. Triplicate sets of plants were sampled at time points 0,5,10,15,20,30,45,60,90 and 120 minutes after supply from treated and control plants (20mM KCl). The samples were flash frozen in liquid N and used to construct RNA-Seq libraries to assay transcriptional changes in the shoots and roots, separately, in response to Nitrogen.
Project description:In order to analyze the responses of a heterocystous cyanobacterium to combined-nitrogen depletion/addition, we have used customized microarrays to identify genes potentially involved in heterocysts differentiation by comparing the responses in the control strain and a hetR mutant unable to differentiate heterocysts. RNA samples were isolated from cells growing in the presence of combined nitrogen (ammonium) or after 6, 8, 12 or 24 h of nitrogen deprivation. Additionally, RNA was isolated from cells growing in the absence of combined nitrogen or 8 h after addition of ammonium
Project description:We study the effect of nitrogen limitation on the growth and development of poplar roots. We used microarrays to detail the global program of gene expression underlying morphological and developmental changes driven by low nitrogen in the growth media. We report the effect of nitrogen limitation on the growth and development of poplar roots. Low nitrogen concentration led to increased root elongation followed by lateral root proliferation and finally increased root biomass. These morphological responses correlated with high and specific activation of genes encoding regulators of cell cycle and enzymes involved in cell wall biogenesis, growth and remodeling. Comparative analysis of poplar and Arabidopsis root transcriptomes under nitrogen deficiency indicated many similarities and diversification in the response in the two species. A reconstruction of genetic regulatory network (GRN) analysis revealed a sub-network centered on a PtaNAC1-like transcription factor. Consistent with the GRN predictions, root-specific upregulation of PtaNAC1 in transgenic poplar plants increased root biomass and led to significant changes in the expression of the connected genes specifically under low nitrogen. PtaNAC1 and its regulatory miR164 showed inverse expression profiles during response to LN, suggesting of a micro RNA mediated attenuation of PtaNAC1 transcript abundance in response to nitrogen deprivation.
Project description:Nitrogen (N) is an abundant and essential macronutrient for plants growth and development processes, especially for the huge banana trees with high biomass. In this paper, we studied the response of banana resists to low N stress ueing Illumina RNA-Seq technology, and analyzed the DEGs associated with the absorption, transport, and ulitilize of nitrogen.
Project description:We report the transcriptomic response of a moderately growing subisolate from the culture of Botryococcus sp. CCALA-779 upon nitrogen deprivation (ND). Examination of transcriptomes upon nitrogen deprivation (ND). B.braunii_non_redundant_transcriptome_assembly_61220.fasta: non-redundant assembly (with 61220 in number) of B.braunii 779 transcriptome in this study B.braunii_annotated_12292.fasta: investigated ESTs (with 12292 in number, which perfectly matches with our processed RNA expression profiling) in this study
Project description:We report the transcriptomic response of a moderately growing subisolate from the culture of Botryococcus sp. CCALA-779 upon nitrogen deprivation (ND).