Claim · model-written summary
Transcriptome analysis identified 2,131 differentially expressed genes in the salt-treated group of germinating alfalfa seeds.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativae6 - Organ / stage
- germinating alfalfa seedse6
- Treatment
- salt-treated groupe5
- Outcome
- differentially expressed genes (DEGs)e5
- Value
- 2,131e5
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Verbatim
e5“identified a total of 2,131 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the salt-treated group”
e6“germinating alfalfa seeds under salt stress”
Title
Xiangling Ren; Wenxuan Zhu; Zirui Liu; et al. Legume Research - An International Journal 2025. doi:10.18805/lrf-889
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Melatonin application under salt stress increased shoot length and fresh weight of alfalfa seedlings.
- Intervention effect Melatonin under salt stress increased peroxidase (POD) activity and glutathione (GSH) content in alfalfa seedlings.
- Intervention effect Melatonin under salt stress decreased malondialdehyde and superoxide anion contents in alfalfa seedlings.
- Observation In the salt-treated group 726 genes were up-regulated among the differentially expressed genes of germinating alfalfa seeds.
- Observation In the salt-treated group 1,405 genes were down-regulated among the differentially expressed genes of germinating alfalfa seeds.
- Observation The MT-treated group showed 2,896 differentially expressed genes in germinating alfalfa seeds.
- Observation In the MT-treated group 1,097 genes were up-regulated among the differentially expressed genes of germinating alfalfa seeds.
- Observation In the MT-treated group 1,799 genes were down-regulated among the differentially expressed genes of germinating alfalfa seeds.
- Observation KEGG enrichment analysis showed enrichment of DEGs in flavonoid biosynthesis, ABC transporter and glutathione metabolism pathways in alfalfa.
- Observation KEGG enrichment analysis showed enrichment of DEGs in the MAPK signaling pathway in alfalfa.
- Intervention effect The pathways were more significantly enriched in the MT-treated group than otherwise.