Project description:Lateral Organ Boundary Domain (LBD) transcription factors are specific of plants and are involved in the control of development. One LBD clade is related to the control of root development (Coudert et al., 2013, Mol. Biol. Evol. 30, 569-572). Belonging to this clade, CROWN ROOT LESS 1 controls the initiation of crown roots in rice and its expression is induced by auxin (Inukai Plant Cell, 17, 1387-1396, Liu et al., 2005, Plant J., 43, 47-56). The aim of this study was to identify CRL1-dependant auxin responsive genes. Transcriptome analysis in wild-type and crl1 mutant stem bases after exogenous auxin treatment of plantlets revealed 126 CRL1-dependant auxin responsive genes including a large part of genes encoding proteins involved in signal transduction pathways that may be related to cell division, expansion and differentiation, and root development.
Project description:Crown roots differentiate from stem base in rice. In this study, we followed gene expression in stem base of two Vietnamese indica rice varieties that belong to two haplotypes defining a QTL associated with crown root number. We used microarrays to look for the gene differentially expressed in stem base of two varieties.
Project description:Rice MERISTEM ACTIVITYLESS1 (MAL1) is an RING-H2 finger domain (RFD) contained gene. To elucidate the molecular functions of MAL1 during crown root development, we generated MAL1 knock-down transgenic plants. MAL1 RNA interfering (RNAi) transgenic plants exhibited shorter crown root length and less crown root number phenotype accompanied by low cell division rate.Here we sought to find the downstream genes of OsMAL1 in rice crown root tip
Project description:Crown roots constitute the main part of the rice root system. Several key genes involved in crown root initiation and development have been identified by genetics and functional genomics approaches. Nevertheless these approaches are impaired by gene function redundancy and mutant lethality. To overcome these limitations, genome-wide transcriptome analysis can help to identify genes involved in crown root formation and early development. In this study we aimed to identify the genes speciffically expressed in developing crown root primordia in comparison with adjacent cortex tissue of stem at three different developmental stages before emergence from the stem. For this, we used Laser Capture Microdissection to collect crown root primordia in the stem base of 8-day-old rice seedlings. Affymetrix microarrays were processed in the Microarray Core Facility “Transcriptome“ of the Institute in Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapy, CHU de Montpellier-INSERM-UM Montpellier, http://irmb.chu-montpellier.fr/ .
Project description:Genomic diversity is a source of transcriptomic and phenotypic diversities. Although genomic variations in rice (Oryza sativa) accessions have been extensively analyzed, information of transcriptomic and phenotypic variations, especially for below-ground variations, are limited. Here, we report the diversities of above- and below-ground traits and transcriptomes in highly diversified 61 rice accessions grown in the upland-field. We found that phenotypic variations were explained by four principal components and that tiller numbers and crown root diameters could summarize admixture groups. Transcriptome analysis revealed that admixture-group-associated differentially expressed genes were enriched with stress response related genes, suggesting that admixture groups have distinct stress response mechanisms. Root growth was negatively correlated with auxin inducible genes, suggesting the association between auxin signaling and mild drought stress. Negative correlation between crown root diameters and stress response related genes suggested that thicker crown root diameter is associated with mild drought stress tolerance. Finally co-expression network analysis implemented with DAP-seq analysis identified phytohormone signaling network and key transcription factors negatively regulating crown root diameters. Our datasets would serve as an important resource for understanding genomic and transcriptomic basis of phenotypic variations under the upland-field condition.
Project description:Genomic diversity is a source of transcriptomic and phenotypic diversities. Although genomic variations in rice (Oryza sativa) accessions have been extensively analyzed, information of transcriptomic and phenotypic variations, especially for below-ground variations, are limited. Here, we report the diversities of above- and below-ground traits and transcriptomes in highly diversified 61 rice accessions grown in the upland-field. We found that phenotypic variations were explained by four principal components and that tiller numbers and crown root diameters could summarize admixture groups. Transcriptome analysis revealed that admixture-group-associated differentially expressed genes were enriched with stress response related genes, suggesting that admixture groups have distinct stress response mechanisms. Root growth was negatively correlated with auxin inducible genes, suggesting the association between auxin signaling and mild drought stress. Negative correlation between crown root diameters and stress response related genes suggested that thicker crown root diameter is associated with mild drought stress tolerance. Finally co-expression network analysis implemented with DAP-seq analysis identified phytohormone signaling network and key transcription factors negatively regulating crown root diameters. Our datasets would serve as an important resource for understanding genomic and transcriptomic basis of phenotypic variations under the upland-field condition.
Project description:Shoot-borne crown roots are the major root system in cereals. Previous work has shown that the Wuschel-related homeobox gene WOX11 is necessary and sufficient to promote rice crown root emergence and elongation. Here, we show that WOX11 recruits the ADA2-GCN5 histone acetyltransferase (HAT) module to activate downstream target genes in crown root meristem. OsGCN5 and OsADA2 are highly expressed in root meristem. Knockdown of OsGCN5 and OsADA2 affects crown root initiation and elongation. Here we sought to find the downstream genes of OsGCN5 in rice crown root tip.
Project description:Crown roots constitute the main part of the rice root system. Several key genes involved in crown root initiation and development have been identified by genetics and functional genomics approaches. The CROWN ROOTLESS1 (CRL1) transcription factor is necessary for crown root initiation in rice. The basic helix-loop-helix 044 (OsbHLH044) transcription factor was identified as a CRL1-regulated gene. In this study, we aimed to determine OsbHLH044-regulated genes, with transcriptome analysis of OsbHLH44 overexpressing plants in crl1 mutant background. We analysed the transcriptional profile of overexpressing lines stem bases in comparison with corresponding null segregant sister control lines. Affymetrix microarrays were processed in the Microarray Core Facility “Transcriptome“ of the Institute in Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapy, CHU de Montpellier-INSERM-UM Montpellier, http://irmb.chu-montpellier.fr/ .