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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2014

Vitamin C deficiency improves somatic embryo development through distinct gene regulatory networks in Arabidopsis.

Michael G Becker, Ainsley Chan, Xingyu Mao, Ian J Girard, Samantha Lee, Mohamed Elhiti, Claudio Stasolla, Mark F Belmonte

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Article in Journal of experimental botany, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Michael G BeckerDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T2N2, Canada.
Ainsley ChanDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T2N2, Canada.
Xingyu MaoDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T2N2, Canada.
Ian J GirardDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T2N2, Canada.
Samantha LeeDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T2N2, Canada.
Mohamed ElhitiDepartment of Botany, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt.
Claudio StasollaDepartment of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T2N2, Canada.
Mark F BelmonteDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T2N2, Canada Mark.Belmonte@umanitoba.ca.
University of Manitoba · CATanta University · EG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Changes in the endogenous ascorbate redox status through genetic manipulation of cellular ascorbate levels were shown to accelerate cell proliferation during the induction phase and improve maturation of somatic embryos in Arabidopsis. Mutants defective in ascorbate biosynthesis such as vtc2-5 contained ~70 % less cellular ascorbate compared with their wild-type (WT; Columbia-0) counterparts. Depletion of cellular ascorbate accelerated cell division processes and cellular reorganization and improved the number and quality of mature somatic embryos grown in culture by 6-fold compared with WT tissues. To gain insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying somatic embryogenesis (SE), we profiled dynamic changes in the transcriptome and analysed dominant patterns of gene activity in the WT and vtc2-5 lines across the somatic embryo culturing process. Our results provide insight into the gene regulatory networks controlling SE in Arabidopsis based on the association of transcription factors with DNA sequence motifs enriched in biological processes of large co-expressed gene sets. These data provide the first detailed account of temporal changes in the somatic embryo transcriptome starting with the zygotic embryo, through tissue dedifferentiation, and ending with the mature somatic embryo, and impart insight into possible mechanisms for the improved culture of somatic embryos in the vtc2-5 mutant line.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, PlantTranscriptomeArabidopsisAscorbic AcidGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Regulatory NetworksMutationOxidation-ReductionPlant Somatic Embryogenesis TechniquesSeedsAscorbic AcidArabidopsis thalianaascorbic acidgene regulatory networksredoxsomatic embryogenesistranscriptome

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PMID25151615
PMCPMC4203126
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