Project description:Phosphate starvation/sufficient rice seedling, root or shoot Pi-starvation or Pi-sufficient stresses responsible rice genes, including previously unannotated genes were identified by Illumina mRNA-seq technology. 53 million reads from Pi-starvation or Pi-sufficient root or shoot tissues were uniquely mapped to the rice genome, and these included 40574 RAP3 transcripts in root and 39748 RAP3 transcripts in shoot. We compared our mRNA-seq expression data with that from Rice 44K oligomicroarray, and about 95.5% (root) and 95.4% (shoot) transcripts supported by the array were confirmed expression both by the array and by mRNA-seq, Moreover, 11888 (root) and 11098 (shoot) RAP genes which were not supported by array, were evidenced expression with mRNA-seq. Furthermore, we discovered 8590 (root) and 8193 (shoot) previously unannotated transcripts upon Pi-starvation and/or Pi-sufficient.
Project description:WUSCHEL-related homeobox domain trancription factor WOX11 is a key regulator of crown root growth and development in rice (Oryza sativa. L). However, the gene regulatory network downstream of WOX11 remains largely unknown. To dissect WOX11 transcriptional regulatory framework, we determined the transcriptome of wox11 mutants and corresponding wild type (Hwayoung) by using RNA-seq technology.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of MIT knockdown plants. MIT is a mitochondrial Fe transporter essential for rice growth and development. The goal was to determine the effects of MIT on global rice gene expression. Control condition experiment, root or shoot of WT vs. MIT knockdown plant. Two replicates each comparison, including a dye swap.
Project description:Plant stress response and tolerance mechanisms are controlled by diverse genes. Transcription factors have been implicated in drought tolerance under drought stress conditions. Identification of target genes of such transcription factors could offer molecular regulatory networks by which the tolerance mechanisms orchestrated. Previously, we generated transgenic rice plants with 4 rice transcription factors OsNAC5, 6, 9, and 10 under the root-specific promoter RCc3 that were tolerant to drought stress with less loss of grain yield under drought conditions. To understand the molecular mechanisms of drought tolerance, we performed ChIP-Seq and RNA-Seq analyses to identify direct target genes of the OsNACs using the RCc3:MYC-OsNACs roots. A total of 475 binding loci of 4 OsNACs were identified by cross-referencing the binding occupancy of OsNACs at promoter regions and expression levels of corresponding genes. The binding loci are distributed on promoter regions of 391 target genes that were directly up-regulated by OsNACs in four RCc3:MYC-OsNAC transgenic roots. The direct target genes were related to transmembrane/transporter activity, vesicle, plant hormone, carbohydrate metabolism, and transcription factors. The direct targets of each OsNAC are in a range of 4.0 to 8.7% of the genes up-regulated in RNA-Seq data sets. Thus, each OsNAC up-regulates of corresponding direct target genes that alters root system architectures of RCc3:OsNACs for drought tolerance. Our results provide valuable resources for functional dissection of the molecular mechanisms for plant drought tolerance.
