Multiple metals influence distinct properties of the Arabidopsis circadian clock.

ABSTRACT: Circadian rhythms coordinate endogenous events with external signals, and are essential to biological function. When environmental contaminants affect these rhythms, the organism may experience fitness consequences such as reduced growth or increased susceptibility to pathogens. In their natural environment plants may be exposed to a wide range of industrial and agricultural soil pollutants. Here, we investigate how the addition of various metal salts to the root-interaction environment can impact rhythms, measured via the promoter:luciferase system. The consequences of these environmental changes were found to be varied and complex. Therefore, in addition to traditional Fourier-based analyses, we additionally apply novel wavelet-based spectral hypothesis testing and clustering methodologi

SUBMITTER: Hargreaves JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8982871 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature