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Survival Strategies in Extreme Cold and Desiccation pp 81–98Cite as

Natural Variation in Freezing Tolerance and Cold Acclimation Response in Arabidopsis thaliana and Related Species

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Abstract

During low-temperature exposure, temperate plant species increase their freezing tolerance in a process termed cold acclimation. The molecular mechanisms involved in cold acclimation have been mostly investigated in Arabidopsis thaliana. In addition, other Brassicaceae species related to A. thaliana have been employed in recent years to study plant stress responses on a phylogenetically broader basis and in some cases with extremophile species with a much higher stress tolerance. In this paper, we briefly summarize cold acclimation responses in A. thaliana and current knowledge about cold acclimation in A. thaliana relatives with special emphasis on Eutrema salsugineum and two closely related Thellungiella species. We then present a transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of cold acclimation in five A. thaliana and two E. salsugineum accessions that differ widely in their freezing tolerance. Differences in the cold responses of the two species are discussed.

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Abbreviations

AGI:

Arabidopsis gene identifier

AP2:

Apetala2

CBF:

C-repeat binding factor

COR:

Cold regulated

DH:

Doubled haploid

DREB:

Dehydration-responsive element binding

ERF:

Ethylene response factor

GC-MS:

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

GWAS:

Genome-wide association study

ICA:

Independent components analysis

ICE:

Inducer of CBF expression

LT50 :

Lethal temperature of 50% electrolyte leakage

QTL:

Quantitative trait loci

RIL:

Recombinant inbred line

RNA-Seq:

RNA sequencing

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Zuther, E., Lee, Y.P., Erban, A., Kopka, J., Hincha, D.K. (2018). Natural Variation in Freezing Tolerance and Cold Acclimation Response in Arabidopsis thaliana and Related Species. In: Iwaya-Inoue, M., Sakurai, M., Uemura, M. (eds) Survival Strategies in Extreme Cold and Desiccation. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1081. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1244-1_5

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