An RNA-seq transcriptome analysis of histone modifiers and RNA silencing genes in soybean during floral initiation process.

ABSTRACT: Epigenetics has been recognised to play vital roles in many plant developmental processes, including floral initiation through the epigenetic regulation of gene expression. The histone modifying proteins that mediate these modifications involve the SET domain-containing histone methyltransferases, JmjC domain-containing demethylase, acetylases and deacetylases. In addition, RNA interference (RNAi)-associated genes are also involved in epigenetic regulation via RNA-directed DNA methylation and post-transcriptional gene silencing. Soybean, a major crop legume, requires a short day to induce flowering. How histone modifications regulate the plant response to external cues that initiate flowering is still largely unknown. Here, we used RNA-seq to address the dynamics of transcripts that are po

SUBMITTER: Liew LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3797736 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature