Artículo
Use of transcriptomics and co-expression networks to analyze the interconnections between nitrogen assimilation and photorespiratory metabolism
Autor/es | Pérez Delgado de Torres, Carmen María
Moyano, Tomás C García Calderón, Margarita Canales, Javier Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A. Márquez Cabeza, Antonio José Betti, Marco |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Bioquímica Vegetal y Biología Molecular |
Fecha de publicación | 2016 |
Fecha de depósito | 2017-04-28 |
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Resumen | Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients for plants and, in natural soils, its availability is often a major limiting factor for plant growth. Here we examine the effect of different forms of nitrogen nutrition and ... Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients for plants and, in natural soils, its availability is often a major limiting factor for plant growth. Here we examine the effect of different forms of nitrogen nutrition and of photorespiration on gene expression in the model legume Lotus japonicus with the aim of identifying regulatory candidate genes co-ordinating primary nitrogen assimilation and photorespiration. The transcriptomic changes produced by the use of different nitrogen sources in leaves of L. japonicus plants combined with the transcriptomic changes produced in the same tissue by different photorespiratory conditions were examined. The results obtained provide novel information on the possible role of plastidic glutamine synthetase in the response to different nitrogen sources and in the C/N balance of L. japonicus plants. The use of gene co-expression networks establishes a clear relationship between photorespiration and primary nitrogen assimilation and identifies possible transcription factors connected to the genes of both routes. |
Identificador del proyecto | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/AGL2014-54413-R
P10-CVI-6368 BIO-163 |
Cita | Pérez Delgado de Torres, C.M., Moyano, T.C., García Calderón, M., Canales, J., Gutiérrez, R.A., Márquez Cabeza, A.J. y Betti, M. (2016). Use of transcriptomics and co-expression networks to analyze the interconnections between nitrogen assimilation and photorespiratory metabolism. Journal of Experimental Botany, 67 (10), 3095-3108. |
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