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The AtGenExpress global stress expression data set: protocols, evaluation and model data analysis of UV-B light, drought and cold stress responses

The AtGenExpress global stress expression data set: protocols, evaluation and model data analysis of UV-B light, drought and cold stress responses
The AtGenExpress global stress expression data set: protocols, evaluation and model data analysis of UV-B light, drought and cold stress responses
The tolerance responses of plants to many abiotic stresses are conjectured to be controlled by complex gene networks. In the frame of the AtGenExpress project a comprehensive Arabidopsis thaliana genome transcript expression study was performed using the Affymetrix ATH1 microarray in order to understand these regulatory networks in detail. In contrast to earlier studies, we subjected, side-by-side and in a high-resolution kinetic series, Arabidopsis plants, of identical genotype grown under identical conditions, to different environmental stresses comprising heat, cold, drought, salt, high osmolarity, UV-B light and wounding. Furthermore, the harvesting of tissue and RNA isolation were performed in parallel at the same location using identical experimental protocols. Here we describe the technical performance of the experiments. We also present a general overview of environmental abiotic stress-induced gene expression patterns and the results of a model bioinformatics analysis of gene expression in response to UV-B light, drought and cold stress. Our results suggest that the initial transcriptional stress reaction of Arabidopsis might comprise a set of core environmental stress response genes which, by adjustment of the energy balance, could have a crucial function in various stress responses. In addition, there are indications that systemic signals generated by the tissue exposed to stress play a major role in the coordination and execution of stress responses. In summary, the information reported provides a prime reference point and source for the subsequent exploitation of this important resource for research into plant abiotic stress.
AtGenExpress, bioinformatics, gene expression, microarray, abiotic stress
0960-7412
347-363
Kilian, Joachim
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Whitehead, Dion
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Horak, Jakub
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Wanke, Dierk
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Kudla, Jörg
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Wanke, Dierk
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D'Angelo, Cecilia
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Kilian, Joachim, Whitehead, Dion, Horak, Jakub, Wanke, Dierk, Weinl, Stefan, Batistic, Oliver, D'Angelo, Cecilia, Bornberg-Bauer, Erich, Kudla, Jörg and Harter, Klaus (2007) The AtGenExpress global stress expression data set: protocols, evaluation and model data analysis of UV-B light, drought and cold stress responses. The Plant Journal, 50 (2), 347-363. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03052.x). (PMID:17376166)

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The tolerance responses of plants to many abiotic stresses are conjectured to be controlled by complex gene networks. In the frame of the AtGenExpress project a comprehensive Arabidopsis thaliana genome transcript expression study was performed using the Affymetrix ATH1 microarray in order to understand these regulatory networks in detail. In contrast to earlier studies, we subjected, side-by-side and in a high-resolution kinetic series, Arabidopsis plants, of identical genotype grown under identical conditions, to different environmental stresses comprising heat, cold, drought, salt, high osmolarity, UV-B light and wounding. Furthermore, the harvesting of tissue and RNA isolation were performed in parallel at the same location using identical experimental protocols. Here we describe the technical performance of the experiments. We also present a general overview of environmental abiotic stress-induced gene expression patterns and the results of a model bioinformatics analysis of gene expression in response to UV-B light, drought and cold stress. Our results suggest that the initial transcriptional stress reaction of Arabidopsis might comprise a set of core environmental stress response genes which, by adjustment of the energy balance, could have a crucial function in various stress responses. In addition, there are indications that systemic signals generated by the tissue exposed to stress play a major role in the coordination and execution of stress responses. In summary, the information reported provides a prime reference point and source for the subsequent exploitation of this important resource for research into plant abiotic stress.

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Published date: April 2007
Keywords: AtGenExpress, bioinformatics, gene expression, microarray, abiotic stress
Organisations: Ocean and Earth Science

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Local EPrints ID: 349899
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/349899
ISSN: 0960-7412
PURE UUID: 78b210f6-3426-4079-a7e7-3013b194b0d3

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Author: Joachim Kilian
Author: Dion Whitehead
Author: Jakub Horak
Author: Dierk Wanke
Author: Stefan Weinl
Author: Oliver Batistic
Author: Erich Bornberg-Bauer
Author: Jörg Kudla
Author: Klaus Harter

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