The response and recovery of the Arabidopsis thaliana transcriptome to phosphate starvation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over application of phosphate fertilizers in modern agriculture contaminates waterways and disrupts natural ecosystems. Nevertheless, this is a common practice among farmers, especially in developing countries as abundant fertilizers are believed to boost crop yields. The study of plant phosphate metabolism and its underlying genetic pathways is key to discovering methods of efficient fertilizer usage. The work presented here describes a genome-wide resource on the molecular dynamics underpinning the response and recovery in roots and shoots of Arabidopsis thaliana to phosphate-starvation.

Results

Genome-wide profiling by micro- and tiling-arrays (accessible from GEO: GSE34004) revealed minimal overlap between root and shoot transcriptomes suggesting two independe

SUBMITTER: Woo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3520718 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature