Flexible wood caused by altered lignin, following viral-induced suppression of phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) activity. RNA-seq

ABSTRACT: Woody plant material represents a renewable resource that has the potential to produce biofuels and/or novel materials with greatly reduced CO2 emissions. The study of viral infection in plants has largely focussed on detrimental symptoms, such as leaf yellowing or cell death that result in reduced crop yields. Apple rubbery wood (ARW) disease is the result of a viral infection that causes woody stems to exhibit increased flexibility. Biochemical and histochemical studies suggest the phenotype is a result of reduced lignification, specifically within the fibre cells of woody xylem. Expression analysis and proteomic data suggests that the downregulation of phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) is responsible for decreased lignification. PAL is required for the first committed step in the phenyl

INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 4000

ORGANISM(S): Malus domestica

SUBMITTER: Leo Zeef 

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-11410 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress