Transcriptome profiling of Nipponbare and osgtl1 rice with and without rice stripe virus infection
Transcription factors are key regulators of plant growth and immunity, modulating gene expression in response to developmental and pathogenic signals. In Arabidopsis, the transcription factor GT-2-LIKE 1 (GTL1) has been shown to regulate diverse biological processes such as cell growth and defense responses; however, the function of its rice ortholog, OsGTL1, remains unclear. Here, we performed transcriptome sequencing on 24-day-old shoots from wild-type Nipponbare (NPB) and the osgtl1 mutant, with or without rice stripe virus (RSV) infection. We identified numerous genes differentially expressed in response to OsGTL1 under both normal and RSV-infected conditions, indicating that OsGTL1 regulates gene expression involved in growth and defense responses in rice.