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Functional Genomics of Ozone Stress in Arabidopsis.

ABSTRACT: Ozone is known to induce gene expression in plants. The roles of the induced genes and the molecular basis for the induction however largely remain to be elucidated. We will expose 2 week-old Arabidopsis seedlings to 200 ppb ozone for 1 h. RNA will be extracted from control and ozone-fumigated seedlings 3 h following the end of the fumigation period. The induction of the known anti-oxidant enzyme GST will be confirmed prior to submission of the RNA samples to GARNet. Changes in gene expression will be assessed by hybridising microarrays with fluorescently labelled cDNA prepared from control and ozone-fumigated seedlings. The role of selected genes will be inferred from their sequence and further established by over expression under the control of the 35S or cell-specific promoters and by searching for mutants among single transposon or T-DNA insertion collections. Plants will be analysed on the basis of traits that are known to be affected by ozone including growth, flowering and stomatal responses. In addition, the ozone calcium signature we have reported previously (Clayton et al.1999) will be studied by crossing transgenic or mutant plants with apoaequorin or yellow cameleon 2.1-transformed plants. Experimenter name = Eleri Short; Experimenter phone = 01524 593929; Experimenter fax = 01524 843854; Experimenter department = Department of Biological Sciences; Experimenter institute = Lancaster University; Experimenter address = Department of Biological Sciences; Experimenter address = Lancaster University; Experimenter address = Lancaster; Experimenter zip/postal_code = LA1 4YQ; Experimenter country = UK Experiment Overall Design: 6 samples were used in this experiment

ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana

SUBMITTER: Nottingham Arabidopsis Stock Centre (NASC)

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-5722 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Functional Genomics of Ozone Stress in Arabidopsis.

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