The temporal foliar transcriptome of the perennial C3 desert plant Rhazya stricta in its natural environment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The perennial species Rhazya stricta (R. stricta) grows in arid zones and carries out typical C3 photosynthesis under daily extremes of heat, light intensity and low humidity. In order to identify processes attributable to its adaptation to this harsh environment, we profiled the foliar transcriptome of apical and mature leaves harvested from the field at three time periods of the same day.

Results

Next generation sequencing was used to reconstruct the transcriptome and quantify gene expression. 28018 full length transcript sequences were recovered and 45.4% were differentially expressed (DE) throughout the day. We compared our dataset with microarray experiments in Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) and other desert species to identify trends in circadian and str

SUBMITTER: Yates SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3906910 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature