Probing the endosperm gene expression landscape in Brassica napus

ABSTRACT: In species with exalbuminous seeds such as crucifer oilseeds and legumes, the endosperm is eventually consumed and its space occupied by the embryo during seed development. However, the main constituent of the early developing seed is the liquid endosperm, and most of the carbon resources for the ensuing stages of seed development arrive at the embryo through the endosperm. In contrast to the extensive study of species with persistent endosperm, little is known about the global gene expression pattern in the endosperm of exalbuminous seed species. We took a multiparallel approach that combines ESTs, protein profiling and microarray analyses to look into the gene expression landscape in the endosperm of the oilseed crop Brassica napus. An EST collection of over 30,000 entries allowed us to

ORGANISM(S): Brassica napus

SUBMITTER: Raju Datla 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-14766 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress