Transcription profiling of the radicle and micropylar endosperm cap of Lepidium seeds during germination in ABA

ABSTRACT: An experiment was performed to compare global transcription patterns in two tissues of Lepidium sativum seeds at different times during imbibition leading up to, but not including, radicle protrusion from the seed (e.g. germination). RNA extractions from the two tissues were hybridised to CATMA Arabidopsis microarrays. The two tissues were the radicle and the micropylar endosperm cap that covers it. The interaction of these two tissues is thought to control the timing of germination though alterations in the extensibility of the radicle and the physical resistance of the micropylar endosperm cap to radicle penetration.

ORGANISM(S): Lepidium sativum

SUBMITTER: James Lynn 

PROVIDER: E-TABM-743 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress