Arabidopsis thaliana wild type and PDKO3 mutant mechanical damage (MD) vs herbivore wounding (HW)

Transcriptional profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana wild type (WT) and a line mutated in genes encoding plasmodesmata (PD) proteins (PDKO3) comparing MD (mechanical damage) and HW (herbivore wounding). The differences in the biochemical responses to herbivory seen in the PDKO3 when compared to the WT line, together with the absence of growth/developmental phenotypes in the former, prompted us to search for less obvious differences between the lines using gene expression profiling. Two-condition experiment, MD vs. HW Arabidopsis leaves of two different lines WT and PDKO3. Biological replicates: 3 biological replicates for each condition. Additionally for two of the samples, 3 technical replicates were applied.