Transcriptional wiring of cell wall-related genes in Arabidopsis.
Transcriptional coordination, or co-expression, of genes may signify functional relatedness of the corresponding proteins. For example, several genes involved in secondary cell wall cellulose biosynthesis are co-expressed with genes engaged in the synthesis of xylan, which is a major component of the secondary cell wall. To extend these types of analyses, we investigated the co-expression relationships of all Carbohydrate-Active enZYmes (CAZy)-related genes for Arabidopsis thaliana. Thus, the intention was to transcriptionally link different cell wall-related processes to each other, and also to other biological functions. To facilitate easy manual inspection, we have displayed these interactions as networks and matrices, and created a web-based interface (http://aranet.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/corecarb) containing downloadable files for all the transcriptional associations.
Mutwil
Marek
M
Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
Ruprecht
Colin
C
Giorgi
Federico M
FM
Bringmann
Martin
M
Usadel
Björn
B
Persson
Staffan
S
D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000235:genetics*; D019295:Computational Biology; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins