Transcript Profiling of Scarlet Runner Bean Embryo Regions at Globular Stage Using Laser Capture Microdissection Coupled with RNA-Seq

We used laser capture microdissection (LCM) to capture globular scarlet runner bean embryo propers and suspensors, and profiled the transcriptomes of these two embryo regions using next-generation sequencing. Our long-term goal is to understand the region-specific differentiation processes that occur during early embryo development and how genes are activated specifically in the suspensor and embryo proper. Illumina sequencing of transcripts from laser-captured embryo proper and suspensor regions of scarlet runner bean globular stage embryos. Two biological replicates were collected for each embryo region.