Abstract
The circadian clock is an endogenous mechanism that coordinates biological processes with daily changes in the environment. In plants, circadian rhythms contribute to both agricultural productivity and evolutionary fitness. In barley, the photoperiod response regulator and flowering-time gene Ppd-H1 is orthologous to the Arabidopsis core-clock gene PRR7. However, relatively little is known about the role of Ppd-H1 and other components of the circadian clock in temperate crop species. In this study, we identified barley clock orthologs and tested the effects of natural genetic variation at Ppd-H1 on diurnal and circadian expression of clock and output genes from the photoperiod-response pathway.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 97 |
Journal | BMC Plant Biology |
Volume | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Jun 2012 |
Keywords
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Circadian Clocks
- Circadian Rhythm
- Circadian Rhythm Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Evolution, Molecular
- Flowers
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Genetic Variation
- Hordeum
- Photoperiod
- Phylogeny
- Plant Proteins
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Species Specificity
- Time Factors
- Transcription Factors
- Transcriptome