Genes 2018, 9(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9010004
Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Hormone Signaling Genes Involved in the Launch of Culm-Shape Differentiation in Dendrocalamus sinicus
Research Institute of Resources Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Bailongsi, Panlong, Kunming 650233, China
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Received: 13 November 2017 / Revised: 9 December 2017 / Accepted: 19 December 2017 / Published: 22 December 2017
(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)
Abstract
Dendrocalamus sinicus is a sympodial bamboo species endemic to Yunnan Province, China, and is the strongest bamboo species in the world. However, there is substantial variation in the basal culm shape, i.e., straight culm (SC) and bent culm (BC), among different D. sinicus as a result of genetic and growth factors. This study performed a comparative transcriptomic analysis of bamboo shoots of two variants at the early, mid-, and late shoot-development stages to examine the molecular basis of this variation. In total, 98,479 unigenes were annotated, of which 13,495 were differentially expressed in pairwise comparisons of the six libraries. More differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were involved in SC than in BC culm development. The DEGs between BC and SC were assigned to 108 metabolic pathways. The 1064 DEGs in early development might mainly control the launch of culm-shape differentiation. Sixty genes encoding components of hormone signaling pathways were differentially expressed between BC5 and SC5, indicating complex hormonal regulation of culm differentiation. The AUX/IAA, ARF, PP2C, SnRK2, and ABF genes involved in auxin and abscisic acid signaling played key roles. These results help us to understand the molecular mechanism of culm variation and other aspects of culm development in D. sinicus. View Full-TextKeywords:
Dendrocalamus sinicus; comparative transcriptomic analysis; culm-shape differentiation; hormonal regulation
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Chen, L.; Guo, X.; Cui, Y.; Zheng, X.; Yang, H. Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Hormone Signaling Genes Involved in the Launch of Culm-Shape Differentiation in Dendrocalamus sinicus. Genes 2018, 9, 4.
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