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http://dx.doi.org/10.5660/WTS.2013.2.4.368

Miscanthus EST-originated Transcription Factor WRKY Expression in Response to Low Temperature in Warm-season Turfgrasses  

Chung, Sung Jin (Dept. of Horticultural Science, Chungnam Nat'l Univ.)
Choi, Young In (Dept. of Horticultural Science, Chungnam Nat'l Univ.)
Lee, Geung-Joo (Dept. of Horticultural Science, Chungnam Nat'l Univ.)
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Weed & Turfgrass Science / v.2, no.4, 2013 , pp. 368-375 More about this Journal
Abstract
Whole genome transcriptomes from Miscanthus species were sequenced and analyzed, which provided 50 different types of transcription factor (TF) involving various developmental processes or environmental stresses. Among the explored TF, WRKY gene family was the major type and one of the WRKY genes, MSIR7180_WRKY4, induced under low temperature environment was selected to investigate how the Miscanthus-originated MSIR7180_WRKY4 TF responds when exposed to low temperature in four warm-season turfgrasses (Z. matrella 'Semil', bermudagrass, St. Augustinegrass, and seashore paspalum). The MSIR7180_WRKY4 was expressed higher during low temperature period in Bermudagrass, but the expression was enhanced in St. Augustinegrass. In contrast, the gene in 'Semil' cultivar was barely expressed and relatively less expressed, but repressed gradually in seashore paspalum, which seems to allow two turfgrasses stay-green longer in the fall season. The results indicate that bermudagrass and St. Augustinegrass adapt to low temperature quickly, but relative tolerance to low or cold temperature at the molecular level needs to be further investigated at different physiological stages and the corresponding genes systematically.
Keywords
DNA-binding protein; Low temperature stress; Reverse-transcript PCR; Transcriptional control; WRKY family gene; RT-PCR;
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