RNA-Seq analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana esr1-1 mutant versus wild-type (JC66)

A GSTF8 promoter fragment fused to the luciferase reporter gene was used in a forward genetic screen for Arabidopsis mutants with up-regulated GSTF8 promoter activity and identified the esr1-1 (enhanced stress response 1) mutant which also conferred increased resistance to the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum. RNA-Seq was conducted to compare esr1-1 and wild-type (GSTF8 promoter::luciferase reporter line JC66 in Col-0 background) transcriptomes for altered gene expression.

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