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Transcription profiling of Medicago truncatula root meristem cells

ABSTRACT: The root apical meristems (RAM) is established during embryogenesis and serves as a source of stem cells for plant growth and organogenesis. Young roots have a simple structure and meristeamtic and non-meristematic cells can be differentiated based on their location. We have used the Affymetrix Medicago Genome Array GeneChip to compare tissue from the root meristem and non-meristematic tissue to identify meristem specific candidate genes based on changes in gene expression before and after differentiation Experiment Overall Design: Roots were sectioned separating meristematic (root-tip) and non-meristematic root tissue; total RNA was extracted and used for hybridization to Affymetrix arrays

ORGANISM(S): Medicago truncatula

SUBMITTER: Peta Holmes

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-8115 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Transcriptional profiling of Medicago truncatula meristematic root cells.

Holmes Peta P Goffard Nicolas N Weiller Georg F GF Rolfe Barry G BG Imin Nijat N

BMC plant biology 20080227

<h4>Background</h4>The root apical meristem of crop and model legume Medicago truncatula is a significantly different stem cell system to that of the widely studied model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana. In this study we used the Affymetrix Medicago GeneChip(R) to compare the transcriptomes of meristem and non-meristematic root to identify root meristem specific candidate genes.<h4>Results</h4>Using mRNA from root meristem and non-meristem we were able to identify 324 and 363 transcripts diff ...[more]

PMID: 18302802

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Transcription profiling of Medicago truncatula root meristem cells

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Transcriptional profiling of Medicago truncatula meristematic root cells.

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