Functional characterization of genes mediating cell wall metabolism and responses to plant cell wall integrity impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plant cell walls participate in all plant-environment interactions. Maintaining cell wall integrity (CWI) during these interactions is essential. This realization led to increased interest in CWI and resulted in knowledge regarding early perception and signalling mechanisms active during CWI maintenance. By contrast, knowledge regarding processes mediating changes in cell wall metabolism upon CWI impairment is very limited.

Results

To identify genes involved and to investigate their contributions to the processes we selected 23 genes with altered expression in response to CWI impairment and characterized the impact of T-DNA insertions in these genes on cell wall composition using Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. Ins

SUBMITTER: Engelsdorf T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6637594 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature