Transcriptomic and metabolomic shifts in rice roots in response to Cr (VI) stress.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Widespread use of chromium (Cr) contaminated fields due to careless and inappropriate management practices of effluent discharge, mostly from industries related to metallurgy, electroplating, production of paints and pigments, tanning, and wood preservation elevates its concentration in surface soil and eventually into rice plants and grains. In spite of many previous studies having been conducted on the effects of chromium stress, the precise molecular mechanisms related to both the effects of chromium phytotoxicity, the defense reactions of plants against chromium exposure as well as translocation and accumulation in rice remain poorly understood.

Results

Detailed analysis of genome-wide transcriptome profiling in rice root is reported here, following Cr-plant i

SUBMITTER: Dubey S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3224690 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature