Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Metabolic and Regulatory Pathways in the Desiccation Tolerance of Mungbean (Vigna radiata [L.] R. Wilczek).

ABSTRACT: Mungbean (Vigna radiate L. Wilczek) is an important legume crop for its valuable nutritional and health benefits. Desiccation tolerance (DT) is a capacity of seeds to survive and maintain physiological activities during storage and under stress conditions. Many studies of DT have been reported in other legume crop, such as soybean and Medicago truncatula with little studies in the mungbean. In this study, the transcript profiles of mungbean seeds under different imbibition times were investigated for DT using RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq). A total of 3210 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were found at the key period of DT (3-18 h of imbibition). Gene ontology (GO) and KEGG analysis showed that the terms of "response to stimulus," "transcription regulator," "methylation," and

SUBMITTER: Tian X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5174128 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature