Journal
PLANT CELL
Volume 32, Issue 9, Pages 2742-2762Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.20.00154
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/M017982/1]
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (MIBTP)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SCHA1444/3-3, SCHA1444/5-2]
- Alan Turing Institute [R-WAR-006]
- BBSRC [BB/M017982/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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While root diseases are among the most devastating stresses in global crop production, our understanding of root immunity is still limited relative to our knowledge of immune responses in leaves. Considering that root performance is based on the concerted functions of its different cell types, we undertook a cell type-specific transcriptome analysis to identify gene networks activated in epidermis, cortex, and pericycle cells of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) roots challenged with two immunity elicitors, the bacterial flagellin-derived flg22 and the endogenous Pep1 peptide. Our analyses revealed distinct immunity gene networks in each cell type. To further substantiate our understanding of regulatory patterns underlying these cell type-specific immunity networks, we developed a tool to analyze paired transcription factor binding motifs in the promoters of cell type-specific genes. Our study points toward a connection between cell identity and cell type-specific immunity networks that might guide cell types in launching immune response according to the functional capabilities of each cell type. Root cell types possess distinct immunity gene networks that are linked to cell identity networks, as revealed by cell type-specific RNA-seq and a paired motif enrichment tool for promoter analyses.
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