Project name: Oryza sativa Japonica Group

Description: To assess further the role of CYN in relation to integument morphogenesis, gametophytic cell fate specification, embryogenesis and endosperm development, we compared the expression profiles between the cyn mutant and wild-type at two different stages(before flowering and 5 days after pollination stage) of ovule development by microarray analysis. Specifically, we confirmed significant changes of up- or down-regulation in some genes required for several biological processes, such as auxin efflux & polarity & cell differentiation, flower and embryonic development, signal transduction.These results supported that MADS protein CYN could function both as a transcriptional activator and repressor, directly and/or indirectly interacted with dozens of potential target genes (including MADS or non-MADS transcription factors) involved in developmental and hormonal pathways.Overall design: Three independent biological replicates of cyn mutant and wild-type panicle mRNA at two different stages of ovule development were used for microarray experiments. To perform microarray analysis, the samples were pooled by 20 panicles from 10 individual plants at before flowering and 5 days after pollination stage.

Data type: Transcriptome or Gene expression

Sample scope: Multiisolate

Relevance: Agricultural

Last updated: 2011-11-03