Comparative transcriptome meta-analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana under drought and cold stress.

ABSTRACT: Multiple environmental stresses adversely affect plant growth and development. Plants under multiple stress condition trigger cascade of signals and show response unique to specific stress as well as shared responses, common to individual stresses. Here, we aim to identify common and unique genetic components during stress response mechanisms liable for cross-talk between stresses. Although drought and cold stress have been widely studied, insignificant information is available about how their combination affects plants. To that end, we performed meta-analysis and co-expression network comparison of drought and cold stress response in Arabidopsis thaliana by analyzing 390 microarray samples belonging to 29 microarray studies. We observed 6120 and 7079 DEGs (differentially expressed genes)

SUBMITTER: Sharma R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6128483 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature