Expression profile analysis of genes involved in horizontal gravitropism bending growth in the creeping shoots of ground-cover chrysanthemum by suppression subtractive hybridization

Mol Biol Rep. 2013 Jan;40(1):237-46. doi: 10.1007/s11033-012-2054-5. Epub 2012 Oct 12.

Abstract

The molecular mechanisms underlying gravitropic bending of shoots are poorly understood and how genes related with this growing progress is still unclear. To identify genes related to asymmetric growth in the creeping shoots of chrysanthemum, suppression subtractive hybridization was used to visualize differential gene expression in the upper and lower halves of creeping shoots of ground-cover chrysanthemum under gravistimulation. Sequencing of 43 selected clones produced 41 unigenes (40 singletons and 1 unigenes), which were classifiable into 9 functional categories. A notable frequency of genes involve in cell wall biosynthesis up-regulated during gravistimulation in the upper side or lower side were found, such as beta tubulin (TUB), subtilisin-like protease (SBT), Glutathione S-transferase (GST), and expensing-like protein (EXP), lipid transfer proteins (LTPs), glycine-rich protein (GRP) and membrane proteins. Our findings also highlighted the function of some metal transporter during asymmetric growth, including the boron transporter (BT) and ZIP transporter (ZT), which were thought primarily for maintaining the integrity of cell walls and played important roles in cellulose biosynthesis. CmTUB (beta tubulin) was cloned, and the expression profile and phylogeny was examined, because the cytoskeleton of plant cells involved in the plant gravitropic bending growth is well known.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Chrysanthemum / classification
  • Chrysanthemum / genetics*
  • Chrysanthemum / growth & development*
  • DNA, Complementary
  • Gene Expression Profiling*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant*
  • Gene Library
  • Gravitropism / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization / methods
  • Phylogeny
  • Plant Proteins / chemistry
  • Plant Proteins / genetics
  • Plant Shoots / genetics*
  • Plant Shoots / growth & development*
  • Sequence Alignment

Substances

  • DNA, Complementary
  • Plant Proteins

Associated data

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