Transcriptome Analysis of Lolium temulentum Exposed to a Combination of Drought and Heat Stress.

ABSTRACT: Drought and heat are two major stresses predicted to increase in the future due to climate change. Plants exposed to multiple stressors elicit unique responses from those observed under individual stresses. A comparative transcriptome analysis of Lolium temulentum exposed to drought plus heat and non-stressed control plants revealed 20,221 unique up-regulated and 17,034 unique down-regulated differentially regulated transcripts. Gene ontology analysis revealed a strong emphasis on transcriptional regulation, protein folding, cell cycle/parts, organelles, binding, transport, signaling, oxidoreductase, and antioxidant activity. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) encoding for transcriptional control proteins such as basic leucine zipper, APETALA2/Ethylene Responsive Factor, NAC, and WRKY t

SUBMITTER: Martin RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8621252 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature