Temporal patterns of gene expression in developing maize endosperm identified through transcriptome sequencing

ABSTRACT: Endosperm is a filial structure resulting from a second fertilization event in angiosperms. As an absorptive storage organ, endosperm plays an essential role in support of embryo development or seedling germination. The accumulation of carbohydrate and protein storage products in cereal endosperm provides humanity with a major portion of its food, feed and renewal resources. However, little is known regarding the regulatory gene networks controlling endosperm proliferation and differentiation. As a first step towards understanding these processes, we have profiled all mRNAs in kernel and endosperm of maize at eight successive stages during the first 12 days after pollination. Analysis of these gene sets has identified temporal programs of gene expression including hundreds of transcription

ORGANISM(S): Zea mays

SUBMITTER: Ramin Yadegari 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-54131 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress