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- Title
Transcriptional responses of winter barley to cold indicate nucleosome remodelling as a specific feature of crown tissues.
- Authors
Janská, Anna; Aprile, Alessio; Zámečník, Jiří; Cattivelli, Luigi; Ovesná, Jaroslava
- Abstract
We report a series of microarray-based comparisons of gene expression in the leaf and crown of the winter barley cultivar Luxor, following the exposure of young plants to various periods of low (above and below zero) temperatures. A transcriptomic analysis identified genes which were either expressed in both the leaf and crown, or specifically in one or the other. Among the former were genes responsible for calcium and abscisic acid signalling, polyamine synthesis, late embryogenesis abundant proteins and dehydrins. In the crown, the key organ for cereal overwintering, cold treatment induced transient changes in the transcription of nucleosome assembly genes, and especially H2A and HTA11, which have been implicated in cold sensing in Arabidopsis thaliana. In the leaf, various heat-shock proteins were induced. Differences in expression pattern between the crown and leaf were frequent for genes involved in certain pathways responsible for osmolyte production (sucrose and starch, raffinose, γ-aminobutyric acid metabolism), sugar signalling (trehalose metabolism) and secondary metabolism (lignin synthesis). The action of proteins with antifreeze activity, which were markedly induced during hardening, was demonstrated by a depression in the ice nucleation temperature.
- Subjects
GENE expression in plants; BARLEY genetics; EFFECT of cold on plants; TRANSCRIPTION factors; BARLEY varieties; HEAT shock proteins; PLANT cells &; tissues; ARABIDOPSIS thaliana; ABSCISIC acid
- Publication
Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2011, Vol 11, Issue 2, p307
- ISSN
1438-793X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10142-011-0213-8