Project description:Arabidopsis 5’-3’ exoribonuclease, AtXRN4, a homolog of yeast Xrn1p, functions in degradation of uncapped RNAs after de-capping step. While Xrn1p-dependent on plant XRN4’s targets for degradation is still limited. For understanding biological function of AtXRN4, we tested survivability of atxrn4 mutants under heat stress. Our results showed that atxrn4 mutants increased survival rate under short-term degradation is a main mRNA decay in yeast, knowledge heat stress compared with WT plants. Our microarray and mRNA decay assay showed that loss of AtXRN4 function caused reduction of mRNA degradation of heat shock factor A2 (HSFA2) and ethylene response factor 1 (ERF1). HSFA2 has been known as a key regulator in heat acclimation, was found as a target for AtXRN4 for degradation at non-stress condition. Heat stress applied on atxrn4-3 hsfa2 double mutant severely lacked heat tolerance phenotype of atxrn4 mutant. These results suggest that AtXRN4-mediated mRNA degradation linked to suppress heat acclimation. In the study here, 2 week-old WT and atxrn4-3 mutant plants were exposure to non-stress (22oC) and heat-stress (37oC, 1 h). Custom microarray was applied to acquire expression profile of 32788 Arabidopsis genes. 3 biological repeats of WT (non-stress), WT(heat stress), atxrn4-3 (non-stress) and atxrn4-3 (heat stress) were used for microarray analysis
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings comparing overexpressor with wild type, and knockout with wild type separately under control and NaCl stress.
Project description:Arabidopsis 5’-3’ exoribonuclease, AtXRN4, a homolog of yeast Xrn1p, functions in degradation of uncapped RNAs after de-capping step. While Xrn1p-dependent on plant XRN4’s targets for degradation is still limited. For understanding biological function of AtXRN4, we tested survivability of atxrn4 mutants under heat stress. Our results showed that atxrn4 mutants increased survival rate under short-term degradation is a main mRNA decay in yeast, knowledge heat stress compared with WT plants. Our microarray and mRNA decay assay showed that loss of AtXRN4 function caused reduction of mRNA degradation of heat shock factor A2 (HSFA2) and ethylene response factor 1 (ERF1). HSFA2 has been known as a key regulator in heat acclimation, was found as a target for AtXRN4 for degradation at non-stress condition. Heat stress applied on atxrn4-3 hsfa2 double mutant severely lacked heat tolerance phenotype of atxrn4 mutant. These results suggest that AtXRN4-mediated mRNA degradation linked to suppress heat acclimation.
Project description:The douple mutant Arabidopsis thaliana soc1 ful, in contrast with WT, produces an interfascicular cambium and a large wood cylinder is the flowering stem. We present the RNAseq data for polyA mRNA of different developmental stages of cambium and wood formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. We sequenced 7 stages; 4 in the woody mutant soc1-6 ful-7 (herbaceous, cambium initiation, wood initiation and leaf) and 3 stages in the WT Col-0 (herbaceous, cambium and leaf). The corresponding stem anatomy is also presented in the manuscript indicating the stage of cambium development and the production of secondary xylem.
Project description:Pollen development is one of the most heat-sensitive developmental stages in a wide range of crops. Our longer-term goal is to understand the mechanism how starch metabolism in maturing pollen grains of the Solanaceae family contributes to maintaining higher pollen quality under heat-stress conditions. The specific aim of the suggested proposal is to characterize N. sylvestris WT and mutant (starch-deficient) transcriptomes during microgametogenesis under ambient and heat-stress conditions. Expression profiles of maturing microspores derived from flower buds at developmental stage of 4 to 2 days before flower opening will be obtained. Pollen was derived from WT and mutant plants exposed to either ambient or heat-stress conditions (exposing the plants to 45oC for 2.5 hours). Keywords: Loop design