Establishment of single-cell transcriptional states during seed germination.

ABSTRACT: Germination involves highly dynamic transcriptional programs as the cells of seeds reactivate and express the functions necessary for establishment in the environment. Individual cell types have distinct roles within the embryo, so must therefore have cell type-specific gene expression and gene regulatory networks. We can better understand how the functions of different cell types are established and contribute to the embryo by determining how cell type-specific transcription begins and changes through germination. Here we describe a temporal analysis of the germinating Arabidopsis thaliana embryo at single-cell resolution. We define the highly dynamic cell type-specific patterns of gene expression and how these relate to changing cellular function as germination progresses. Underlying the

SUBMITTER: Liew LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11410669 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature