Altered chromatin conformation and transcriptional regulation in watermelon following genome doubling.
Plant J
; 106(3): 588-600, 2021 05.
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ABSTRACT
Polyploidy has played a crucial role in plant evolution, development and function. Synthetic autopolyploid represents an ideal system to investigate the effects of polyploidization on transcriptional regulation. In this study, we deciphered the impact of genome duplication at phenotypic and molecular levels in watermelon. Overall, 88% of the genes in tetraploid watermelon followed a >11 dosage effect, and accordingly, differentially expressed genes were largely upregulated. In addition, a great number of hypomethylated regions (1688) were identified in an isogenic tetraploid watermelon. These differentially methylated regions were localized in promoters and intergenic regions and near transcriptional start sites of the identified upregulated genes, which enhances the importance of methylation in gene regulation. These changes were reflected in sophisticated higher-order chromatin structures. The genome doubling caused switching of 108 A and 626 B compartments that harbored genes associated with growth, development and stress responses.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cromatina
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Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas
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Duplicação Gênica
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Citrullus
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Plant J
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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BOTANICA
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos