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ArticlePlant physiology2015

WHIRLY1 Functions in the Control of Responses to Nitrogen Deficiency But Not Aphid Infestation in Barley.

Gloria Comadira, Brwa Rasool, Barbara Kaprinska, Belén Márquez García, Jennifer Morris, Susan R Verrall, Micha Bayer, Peter E Hedley, Robert D Hancock, Christine H Foyer

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Article in Plant physiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gloria ComadiraCentre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom (G.C., B.R., B.K., B.M.G., C.H.F.); andCell and Molecular Sciences (J.M., P.E.H., R.D.H.) and Information and Computational Sciences (S.R.V., M.B.), The James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, United Kingdom.
Brwa RasoolCentre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom (G.C., B.R., B.K., B.M.G., C.H.F.); andCell and Molecular Sciences (J.M., P.E.H., R.D.H.) and Information and Computational Sciences (S.R.V., M.B.), The James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, United Kingdom.
Barbara KaprinskaCentre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom (G.C., B.R., B.K., B.M.G., C.H.F.); andCell and Molecular Sciences (J.M., P.E.H., R.D.H.) and Information and Computational Sciences (S.R.V., M.B.), The James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, United Kingdom.
Belén Márquez GarcíaCentre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom (G.C., B.R., B.K., B.M.G., C.H.F.); andCell and Molecular Sciences (J.M., P.E.H., R.D.H.) and Information and Computational Sciences (S.R.V., M.B.), The James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1491-7736
Jennifer MorrisCentre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom (G.C., B.R., B.K., B.M.G., C.H.F.); andCell and Molecular Sciences (J.M., P.E.H., R.D.H.) and Information and Computational Sciences (S.R.V., M.B.), The James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, United Kingdom.
Susan R VerrallCentre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom (G.C., B.R., B.K., B.M.G., C.H.F.); andCell and Molecular Sciences (J.M., P.E.H., R.D.H.) and Information and Computational Sciences (S.R.V., M.B.), The James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4256-4034
Micha BayerCentre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom (G.C., B.R., B.K., B.M.G., C.H.F.); andCell and Molecular Sciences (J.M., P.E.H., R.D.H.) and Information and Computational Sciences (S.R.V., M.B.), The James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, United Kingdom.
Peter E HedleyCentre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom (G.C., B.R., B.K., B.M.G., C.H.F.); andCell and Molecular Sciences (J.M., P.E.H., R.D.H.) and Information and Computational Sciences (S.R.V., M.B.), The James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0866-324X
Robert D HancockCentre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom (G.C., B.R., B.K., B.M.G., C.H.F.); andCell and Molecular Sciences (J.M., P.E.H., R.D.H.) and Information and Computational Sciences (S.R.V., M.B.), The James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5465-3814
Christine H FoyerCentre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom (G.C., B.R., B.K., B.M.G., C.H.F.); andCell and Molecular Sciences (J.M., P.E.H., R.D.H.) and Information and Computational Sciences (S.R.V., M.B.), The James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, United Kingdom c.foyer@leeds.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5989-6989
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Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

WHIRLY1 is largely targeted to plastids, where it is a major constituent of the nucleoids. To explore WHIRLY1 functions in barley (Hordeum vulgare), RNA interference-knockdown lines (W1-1, W1-7, and W1-9) that have very low levels of HvWHIRLY1 transcripts were characterized in plants grown under optimal and stress conditions. The WHIRLY1-1 (W1-1), W1-7, and W1-9 plants were phenotypically similar to the wild type but produced fewer tillers and seeds. Photosynthesis rates were similar in all lines, but W1-1, W1-7, and W1-9 leaves had significantly more chlorophyll and less sucrose than the wild type. Transcripts encoding specific subsets of chloroplast-localized proteins, such as ribosomal proteins, subunits of the RNA polymerase, and thylakoid nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced) and cytochrome b6/f complexes, were much more abundant in the W1-7 leaves than the wild type. Although susceptibility of aphid (Myzus persicae) infestation was similar in all lines, the WHIRLY1-deficient plants showed altered responses to nitrogen deficiency, maintaining higher photosynthetic CO2 assimilation rates than the wild type under limiting nitrogen. Although all lines showed globally similar low nitrogen-dependent changes in transcripts and metabolites, the increased abundance of FAR-RED IMPAIRED RESPONSE1-like transcripts in nitrogen-deficient W1-7 leaves infers that WHIRLY1 has a role in communication between plastid and nuclear genes encoding photosynthetic proteins during abiotic stress.

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AnimalsAphidsGasesGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, PlantHordeumMetabolomeNitrogenPhenotypePhotosynthesisPlant DiseasesPlant LeavesPlant ProteinsRNA, MessengerSeedlingsSeedsGasesNitrogenPlant ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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PMID25944826
PMCPMC4741337
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