title: A genome-wide expression profile analysis reveals active genes and pathways coping with phosphate starvation in soybean.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Phosphorus is one of the most important macronutrients that is required for plant growth and development. However, stress under low-P conditions has become a limiting factor that affects crop yields and qualities. Plants have developed strategies to cope with this, while few genes associated with low-P tolerance have been identified in soybean.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Genome-wide analyses were performed on the roots and leaves of a low-P-tolerant accession and a low-P-sensitive accession which were identified by hydroponic experiments under different P treatments. Through comparative analyses on the differently expressed genes, we explored 42 common genes that were highly correlated to low-P stress. The functional classification of these genes revealed 24 Gene Ontology (GO) terms of biological process including response to oxidation reduction, hormone stimuli, and biotic and abiotic stimuli. Additionally, three common pathways were identified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results could not only promote the work on the molecular regulation mechanism under low-P stress in soybean, but also facilitate the cultivation of high-phosphorus-acquisition and high-phosphorus-utilization soybean varieties.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Soybean Improvement, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. 2013101138@njau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: National Center for Soybean Improvement, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. wjiao@njau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: National Center for Soybean Improvement, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. 2014101071@njau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yuming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: National Center for Soybean Improvement, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. 2014101006@njau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Wenkai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China. zhangdan127@163.com.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: National Center for Soybean Improvement, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. dyyu@njau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Deyue
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: National Center for Soybean Improvement, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. jenny21star@njau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D063990:Gene Ontology; D017343:Genes, Plant; D010710:Phosphates / Q000502:physiology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000235:genetics; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000235:genetics; D013025:Glycine max / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D059467:Transcriptome
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates