Project description:Maize husk leaf - the outer leafy layers covering the ear - modulates kernel yield and quality. Despite its importance, however, the genetic controls underlying husk leaf development remain elusive. Our previous genome-wide association study identified a single nucleotide polymorphism located in the gene RHW1 (Regulator of Husk leaf Width) that is significantly associated with husk leaf-width diversity in maize. Here, we further demonstrate that a polymorphic 18-bp InDel (insertion/deletion) variant in the 3' untranslated region of RHW1 alters its protein abundance and accounts for husk leaf width variation. RHW1 encodes a putative MYB-like transcriptional repressor. Disruption of RHW1 altered cell proliferation and resulted in a narrower husk leaf, whereas RHW1 overexpression yielded a wider husk leaf. RHW1 positively regulated the expression of ZCN4, a well-known TFL1-like protein involved in maize ear development. Dysfunction of ZCN4 reduced husk leaf width even in the context of RHW1 overexpression. The InDel variant in RHW1 is subject to selection and is associated with maize husk leaf adaption from tropical to temperate regions. Overall, our results identify that RHW1-ZCN4 regulates a pathway conferring husk leaf width variation at a very early stage of husk leaf development in maize.
2023-12-25 | GSE217926 | GEO
Project description:RNA-Seq data of maize kernal mutant
Project description:Maize LOB30 (Zm00001d036435) is a transcription factor and is specifically expressed in anthers. Our previous RNA-seq data showed that expression of some genes were upregualted in maize lob30 mutant maize anthers. To confirm these genes are the downstrem target genes, we generated proLOB30: GFP-LOB30 transgenic maize lines, collected stage 9 to stage10 anther materials and performed ChIP-seq using the GFP antibody.
2023-01-20 | GSE220176 | GEO
Project description:Anther RNA-Seq and sRNA-Seq data from maize lob30 mutant
Project description:A maize array was fabricated with 5,376 unique expressed sequence tag (EST) clones sequenced from 4-day-old roots, immature ears and adult organ cDNA libraries. To elucidate organ relationships, relative mRNA levels were quantified by hybridization with embryos, three maize vegetative organs (leaf blades, leaf sheaths and roots) from multiple developmental stages, husk leaves and two types of floral organs (immature ears and silks). Clustering analyses of the hybridization data suggest that maize utilizes both the PEPCK and NADP-ME C(4) photosynthetic routes as genes in these pathways are co-regulated. Husk RNA has a gene-expression profile more similar to floral organs than to vegetative leaves. Only 7% of the genes were highly organ specific, showing over a fourfold difference in at least one of 12 comparisons and 37% showed a two- to fourfold difference. The majority of genes were expressed in diverse organs with little difference in transcript levels. Cross-hybridization among closely related genes within multigene families could obscure tissue specificity. As a first step in elucidating individual gene-expression patterns, we show that 45-nucleotide oligo probes produce signal intensities and signal ratios comparable to PCR probes on the same matrix. Gene-expression profile studies with cDNA microarrays provide a new molecular tool for defining plant organs and their relationships and for discovering new biological processes in silico. cDNA microarrays are insufficient for differentiating recently duplicated genes. Gene-specific oligo probes printed along with cDNA probes can query individual gene-expression profiles and gene families simultaneously. Keywords: other
Project description:A maize array was fabricated with 5,376 unique expressed sequence tag (EST) clones sequenced from 4-day-old roots, immature ears and adult organ cDNA libraries. To elucidate organ relationships, relative mRNA levels were quantified by hybridization with embryos, three maize vegetative organs (leaf blades, leaf sheaths and roots) from multiple developmental stages, husk leaves and two types of floral organs (immature ears and silks). Clustering analyses of the hybridization data suggest that maize utilizes both the PEPCK and NADP-ME C(4) photosynthetic routes as genes in these pathways are co-regulated. Husk RNA has a gene-expression profile more similar to floral organs than to vegetative leaves. Only 7% of the genes were highly organ specific, showing over a fourfold difference in at least one of 12 comparisons and 37% showed a two- to fourfold difference. The majority of genes were expressed in diverse organs with little difference in transcript levels. Cross-hybridization among closely related genes within multigene families could obscure tissue specificity. As a first step in elucidating individual gene-expression patterns, we show that 45-nucleotide oligo probes produce signal intensities and signal ratios comparable to PCR probes on the same matrix. Gene-expression profile studies with cDNA microarrays provide a new molecular tool for defining plant organs and their relationships and for discovering new biological processes in silico. cDNA microarrays are insufficient for differentiating recently duplicated genes. Gene-specific oligo probes printed along with cDNA probes can query individual gene-expression profiles and gene families simultaneously.
Project description:The goals of this study are to compare NGS-derived transcriptomes (RNA-Seq) derived from ded1-ref mutant and normal maize endosperm tissue. Homozygous ded1-ref mutants exhibit a seed defect. Maize Ded1 encodes a transcription factor. This study characterizes DEGs between ded1-ref and normal endosperm and serves to identify direct target genes together with DAP-seq data.
Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study is to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in immature ears between Barren inflorescence3 (Bif3) mutant and its wild-type siblings in maize. Methods: the 3-4 mm ear primordia of maize wild-type and Bif3 mutant were dissected from maize plant at the reproductive stage, and samples were snap freeze using liquid nitrogen. The total RNAs were prepared using RNeasy mini kit (Qiagen). All those RNA samples of wild-type and Bif3 mutant were submitted for RNA-Seq. Conclusions: Our RNA-seq experiments identified 1380 up- and 242 down-regulated genes (P < 0.05, FDR < 0.1, fold-change > 1.5).