Expression data from rice roots treated with NH4NO3

We used GeneChip Rice Genome Array (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA, USA) to identify genes that were rapidly induced by NH4NO3 in rice roots. Transcriptomic analysis of rice roots revealed that the expression of at least 158 genes involved in metabolism, transport, signal transduction, and stress responses was rapidly induced by NH4NO3 within 30 minutes. Total RNA from –N and NH4NO3-treated roots (1.43 mM NH4NO3, 30 min) was extracted using a phenol extraction protocol. RNA samples from two biological repeats were sent to the Affymetrix Gene Expression Service Lab at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (http://ipmb.sinica.edu.tw/affy/) for target preparation, and hybridization to the GeneChip Rice Genome Array.