The transcriptome landscape of developing barley seeds.
Plant Cell
; 36(7): 2512-2530, 2024 Jul 02.
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ABSTRACT
Cereal grains are an important source of food and feed. To provide comprehensive spatiotemporal information about biological processes in developing seeds of cultivated barley (Hordeum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare), we performed a transcriptomic study of the embryo, endosperm, and seed maternal tissues collected from grains 4-32 days after pollination. Weighted gene co-expression network and motif enrichment analyses identified specific groups of genes and transcription factors (TFs) potentially regulating barley seed tissue development. We defined a set of tissue-specific marker genes and families of TFs for functional studies of the pathways controlling barley grain development. Assessing selected groups of chromatin regulators revealed that epigenetic processes are highly dynamic and likely play a major role during barley endosperm development. The repressive H3K27me3 modification is globally reduced in endosperm tissues and at specific genes related to development and storage compounds. Altogether, this atlas uncovers the complexity of developmentally regulated gene expression in developing barley grains.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Sementes
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Hordeum
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Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas
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Endosperma
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Transcriptoma
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Plant Cell
Assunto da revista:
BOTANICA
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
República Tcheca