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Plant Response to Mineral Ion Availability: Transcriptome Responses to Sulfate, Selenium and Iron

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Sulfur Metabolism in Plants

Part of the book series: Proceedings of the International Plant Sulfur Workshop ((PIPSW,volume 1))

Abstract

The response of plants to sulfate starvation has been described at the level of agronomy, physiology, biochemistry, metabolomics and transcriptomics. The aim of these studies was the description of regulatory and control processes governing plant response to sulfate nutrient stress. However, these results are impaired by pleiotropic responses seemingly overlapping with the response to other mineral nutrient ion starvations or effects of soil borne ions taken up by the plant. This paper suggests making use of these often overlapping responses to various ions in order to distinguish between specific and pleiotropic effects. Here we compare sulfate starvation, iron depletion, and selenium exposure at the transcriptome level.

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    Mutsumi Watanabe, Hans-Michael Hubberten & Rainer Hoefgen

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  3. , Dept. of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne, Water Street, Creswick, 3363, Australia

    Michael Tausz

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    Malcolm J. Hawkesford

  5. fuer Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Department of Molecular Physiology, Max-Planck-Institut, Am Muehlenberg 1, Golm, 14476, Germany

    Rainer Hoefgen

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    Michael T. McManus

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Watanabe, M., Hubberten, HM., Hoefgen, R. (2012). Plant Response to Mineral Ion Availability: Transcriptome Responses to Sulfate, Selenium and Iron. In: De Kok, L., et al. Sulfur Metabolism in Plants. Proceedings of the International Plant Sulfur Workshop, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4450-9_17

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