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ArticleBMC plant biology2024

Developmentally dependent reprogramming of the Arabidopsis floral transcriptome under sufficient and limited water availability.

Xinwei Ma, Jun Wang, Zhao Su, Hong Ma

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Article in BMC plant biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Xinwei MaDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
Jun WangDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
Zhao SuLaboratory of Plant Stress and Development, College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. suzhao@ucas.ac.cn.
Hong MaDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA. hxm16@psu.edu.
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Abstract

backgroundEnvironmental stresses negatively impact reproductive development and yield. Drought stress, in particular, has been examined during Arabidopsis reproductive development at morphological and transcriptomic levels. However, drought-responsive transcriptomic changes at different points in reproductive development remain unclear. Additionally, an investigation of the entire transcriptome at various stages during flower development is of great interest.

resultsHere, we treat Arabidopsis plants with well-watered and moderately and severely limiting water amounts when the first flowers reach maturity and generate RNA-seq datasets for early, middle, and late phases during flower development at 5, 6, and 7 days following treatment. Under different drought conditions, flowers in different developmental phases display differential sets of drought-responsive genes (DTGs), including those that are enriched in different GO functional categories, such as transcriptional regulation and response to stresses (early phase), lipid storage (middle phase), and pollen and seed development and metabolic processes (late phase). Some gene families have different members induced at different floral phases, suggesting that similar biochemical functions are carried out by distinct members. Developmentally-regulated genes (DVGs) with differential expression among the three floral phases belong to GO terms that are similar between water conditions, such as development and reproduction, metabolism and transport, and signaling and stress response. However, for different water conditions, such similar GO terms correspond to either distinct gene families or different members of a gene family, suggesting that drought affects the expression of distinct families or family members during reproductive development. A further comparison among transcriptomes of tissues collected on different days after treatment identifies differential gene expression, suggesting age-related genes (ARGs) might reflect the changes in the overall plant physiology in addition to drought response and development.

conclusionTogether, our study provides new insights into global transcriptome reprogramming and candidate genes for drought response, flower development, aging and coordination among these complex biological processes.

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ArabidopsisTranscriptomeDroughtsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, PlantReproductionStress, PhysiologicalWaterWaterArabidopsisDrought stressReproductive developmentRNA-seq

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