Abstract
Background: Soybean is a globally important oil seed crop. Both the high protein and oil content of soybean seeds make this crop a lucrative commodity. As in higher eukaryotic species with available genomes, the functional annotation of most of soybean's genes still remains to be investigated. A major hurdle in the functional genomics of soybean is a rapid method to test gene constructs before embarking on stable transformation experiments. Results: In this paper we describe the morphology and composition of the persistent single-cell aleurone layer that derives from the endosperm of developing soybean seeds. Its composition compared to cotyledonary tissue indicates the aleurone layer plays a role in both abiotic and biotic stress. The potential utility as the aleurone layer as a transient expression system in soybean was shown. As a near transparent single-cell layer it can be used as a transient expression system to study transgene expression and inter- and intra-cellular targeting as it is amenable to microscopic techniques. Conclusion: The transparent single cell aleurone layer was shown to be compositionally comparable to cotyledonary tissue in soybean with an enrichment in oxidative response proteins and shown to be a potential transient expression platform.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 354 |
Journal | BMC Plant Biology |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 13 2018 |
Keywords
- Aleurone
- Seed-specific
- Soybean
- Sub-cellular localization
- Transient expression
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Plant Science
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Additional file 3: of Characterization and functional biology of the soybean aleurone layer
Schmidt, M. A. (Creator) & Herman, E. M. (Creator), figshare, 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7465814.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_3_of_Characterization_and_functional_biology_of_the_soybean_aleurone_layer/7465814/1
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Additional file 2: of Characterization and functional biology of the soybean aleurone layer
Schmidt, M. A. (Creator) & Herman, E. M. (Creator), figshare, 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7465805, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_2_of_Characterization_and_functional_biology_of_the_soybean_aleurone_layer/7465805
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