title: Dynamic changes in the transcriptome of Populus hopeiensis in response to abscisic acid.
abstract: Abscisic acid (ABA) plays a fundamental role in plant response and adaptation to abiotic stresses, such as drought, high salinity and low temperature. Populus hopeiensis exhibits exceptional tolerance to water-deficit environments and is therefore an excellent choice for studying drought tolerance in trees. This study provides a global view of transcriptome dynamics in P. hopeiensis in response to exogenous ABA using Illumina RNA-sequencing. Endogenous ABA content increased and reached a peak at 8 h after ABA treatment and then significantly decreased at latter time points. Differential expression analysis and Gene ontology enrichment revealed that the number of transcripts exhibited significant increase during the first 8 hours after ABA treatment, which then significantly decreased at 12 and 24 h. Transcription factors (TFs) analysis showed that six different patterns were observed based on the expression of the six TFs families (AP2/ERF, NAC, MYB, MYB-related, bZIP and WRKY) and the majority of differentially expressed TFs increased rapidly after ABA treatment. This study provides a robust resource for investigating the functions of genes induced by ABA and will help to develop a better understanding of the molecular regulatory mechanism in response to drought in poplar.
authors.affiliation: National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of the Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of the Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China.|Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Lexiang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of the Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Center for Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jinpu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of the Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaoyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of the Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Pian
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of the Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of the Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Weihua
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of the Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Meixia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of the Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xinmin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: An
mesh_terms: D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D032107:Populus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D059467:Transcriptome
chemical_list: D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D010940:Plant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000040:Abscisic Acid