Transcriptomic Analysis of Three Differentially Senescing Maize (Zea mays L.) Inbred Lines upon Heat Stress
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Varied Senescence Phenotypes of Different Maize Inbred Lines in Response to Heat Stress
2.2. Transcriptome Analysis of the Molecular Basis Underlying the Differentially Senescing Phynotypes in Response to Heat Stress
2.3. Common Molecular Responses of the Three Inbred Lines to Heat Stress
2.4. Distinct Molecular Responses of the Three Inbred Lines to Heat Stress
2.5. Responsive Expressions of Senescence-Related Genes in the Three Inbred Lines to Heat Stress
2.6. Silencing ZmbHLH51 by VIGS Inhibits Heat-Stress-Induced Leaf Senescence
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Maize Inbred Lines and Heat Stress
4.2. cDNA Library Preparation and Illumina Sequencing
4.3. Transcriptome Sequencing Data Analysis
4.4. qRT-PCR
4.5. VIGS
4.6. Statistical Analysis
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Han, X.; Zhang, D.; Hao, H.; Luo, Y.; Zhu, Z.; Kuai, B. Transcriptomic Analysis of Three Differentially Senescing Maize (Zea mays L.) Inbred Lines upon Heat Stress. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 9782. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24129782
Han X, Zhang D, Hao H, Luo Y, Zhu Z, Kuai B. Transcriptomic Analysis of Three Differentially Senescing Maize (Zea mays L.) Inbred Lines upon Heat Stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(12):9782. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24129782
Chicago/Turabian StyleHan, Xiaokang, Dingyu Zhang, Haibo Hao, Yong Luo, Ziwei Zhu, and Benke Kuai. 2023. "Transcriptomic Analysis of Three Differentially Senescing Maize (Zea mays L.) Inbred Lines upon Heat Stress" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 12: 9782. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24129782