Transcription profiling of Arabidopsis phosphate deficient mutant, pho 1

ABSTRACT: Background: The UK horticultural and agricultural industries routinely apply large amounts of inorganic fertiliser to maintain crop yield and quality, since chemical assays of soil nutrients are unreliable. Excessive fertiliser applications are costly and can lead to unnecessary pollution. A possible solution is to use sensor (GM or non-GM) technologies that exploit the changes in plant gene expression under incipient nutrient deficiency. Aim: The aim of this project is to use mutants with reduced leaf phosphate contents to identify genes upregulated in response to phosphate stress. Preliminary gene expression analysis has identified several phosphate responsive genes to be upregulated in the pho1 mutant. However, further replicates of the experiment are required to confirm these changes

ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana

SUBMITTER: unknown unknown 

PROVIDER: E-NASC-60 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress