Analysis of Gene Expression Changes in Plants Grown in Salty Soil in Response to Inoculation with Halophilic Bacteria
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Soil and Crop Loss Due to Rapidly Increasing Concentrations of Salinity Buildup in Soil
1.2. Limitations of Bioengineering Salt Tolerance
1.3. Survival Skills: How Halophytes Survive in Salty Soil
2. The Role of Halophilic Plant-Associated Bacteria in Plant Growth under Saline Conditions
2.1. Potential Mechanisms for Plant Growth Stimulation by ST-PGPR
2.2. Changes in Plant Gene Expression in Salt-Grown Plants Inoculated with ST-PGPR
3. Overview of RNA Sequencing and Data Analysis
3.1. Approaches for Analyzing Changes in Plant Gene Expression in Response to Bacterial Inoculation
3.2. Mining Sequence Data for Candidate Genes
3.3. Limitations of RNA Sequencing and Analysis
4. Conclusions and Future Challenges
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Miller, A.K.; Nielsen, B.L. Analysis of Gene Expression Changes in Plants Grown in Salty Soil in Response to Inoculation with Halophilic Bacteria. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 3611. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073611
Miller AK, Nielsen BL. Analysis of Gene Expression Changes in Plants Grown in Salty Soil in Response to Inoculation with Halophilic Bacteria. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021; 22(7):3611. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073611
Chicago/Turabian StyleMiller, Ashley K., and Brent L. Nielsen. 2021. "Analysis of Gene Expression Changes in Plants Grown in Salty Soil in Response to Inoculation with Halophilic Bacteria" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, no. 7: 3611. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073611