Transcriptional changes in response to growth of Arabidopsis in high external calcium

FEBS Lett. 2008 Mar 19;582(6):967-76. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.02.043. Epub 2008 Feb 26.

Abstract

Transcriptional responses to growth in high environmental calcium concentrations were characterized and compared between wild-type and mutant Arabidopsis plants containing a knockout mutation in the gene encoding a cyclic nucleotide-gated channel (CNGC2). We show that the transcriptional profile of cngc2 plants grown in normal media resembled that from wild-type plants grown under elevated exogenous calcium conditions. The mutant grown in high-calcium media exhibited transcriptional changes not seen in the wild-type. The pattern of transcription suggests that adaptation to high external calcium overlaps with responses towards various biotic and abiotic stresses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Physiological / genetics
  • Arabidopsis / genetics*
  • Arabidopsis / growth & development*
  • Arabidopsis / metabolism
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / physiology
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Calcium Signaling / genetics*
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels / genetics
  • Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels / physiology*
  • Gene Expression Profiling*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Mutation
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Transcription, Genetic

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • CNGC2 protein, Arabidopsis
  • Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels
  • Calcium