Effects of drought and salt-stresses on gene expression in Caragana korshinskii seedlings revealed by RNA-seq.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drought and soil salinity are major abiotic stresses. The mechanisms of stress tolerance have been studied extensively in model plants. Caragana korshinskii is characterized by high drought and salt tolerance in northwestern China; unique patterns of gene expression allow it to tolerate the stress imposed by dehydration and semi-desert saline soil. There have, however, been no reports on the differences between C. korshinskii and model plants in the mechanisms underlying their drought and salt tolerance and regulation of gene expression.

Results

Three sequencing libraries from drought and salt-treated whole-seedling- plants and the control were sequenced to investigate changes in the C. korshinskii transcriptome in response to drought and salt stresses. Of the 129

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4782325 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature