Transcriptome analysis reveals plant hormone signal transduction mechanisms underlying freezing stress responses in Cycas panzhihuaensis
Jiao Yu, Yihang Zhou, Chaotian Xu, Fang Wang, Yanling Zheng · 2025
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Jiao Yu and co-authors read the gene activity of a rare cycad under freezing stress in a 2025 study. Cycas panzhihuaensis is a subtropical plant with conservation value, and cold blocks its spread to higher, cooler ground. Plant hormones run the cold response through tangled signaling webs, but in this species the wiring was largely unknown.
The team chilled plants at minus five degrees for two set times and measured hormone levels in the leaves. In parallel, transcriptome sequencing listed which genes switched on or off. Joining the two views shows which hormone paths carry the freezing signal in this cycad. That map guides both conservation planting and any attempt to breed or engineer hardier stock. The work is a first molecular pass at an ancient plant lineage.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jiao Yu, Yihang Zhou, Chaotian Xu, Fang Wang, Yanling Zheng |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 71 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |