《Early Transcriptomic Adaptation to Na2CO3 Stress Altered the Expression of a Quarter of the Total Genes in the Maize Genome and Exhibited Shared and Distinctive Profiles with NaCl and High pH Stresses》.pdfVIP

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2013, 55 (11): 1147– 1165 Research Article Early Transcriptomic Adaptation to Na CO Stress 2 3 Altered the Expression of a Quarter of the Total Genes in the Maize Genome and Exhibited Shared and Distinctive Profiles with NaCl and High pH Stresses 1–3† 1† 2 2 1 2 Li‐Min Zhang , Xiang‐Guo Liu , Xin‐Ning Qu , Ying Yu , Si‐Ping Han , Yao Dou , Yao‐Yao Xu2, Hai‐Chun Jing3* and Dong‐Yun Hao1,2* 1Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130124, China 2Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China 3The Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China †These authors contributed equally to this work. Corresponding authors Tel: þ86 431 8706 3195; Fax: þ86 431 8706 3080; E‐mail: dyhao@ Tel: þ86 10 6283 6576; Fax: þ86 10 6259 0833; E‐mail: hcjing@ Available online on 27 August 2013 at and /journal/jipb doi: 10.1111/jipb.12100 Abstract Sodium carbonate (Na CO ) presents a huge challenge to plants by the combined damaging effects of Naþ, 2 3 high pH, and CO 2‐. Little is known about the cellular responses to Na CO stress. In this study, the 3 2 3 transcriptome of maize (Zea mays L. cv. B73) roots exposed to Na2CO3 stress for 5 h was compared with those of NaCl and NaOH stresses. The ex