Organ-specific remodeling of the Arabidopsis transcriptome in response to spaceflight.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spaceflight presents a novel environment that is outside the evolutionary experience of terrestrial organisms. Full activation of the International Space Station as a science platform complete with sophisticated plant growth chambers, laboratory benches, and procedures for effective sample return, has enabled a new level of research capability and hypothesis testing in this unique environment. The opportunity to examine the strategies of environmental sensing in spaceflight, which includes the absence of unit gravity, provides a unique insight into the balance of influence among abiotic cues directing plant growth and development: including gravity, light, and touch. The data presented here correlate morphological and transcriptome data from replicated spaceflight experi

SUBMITTER: Paul AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3750915 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature