Table 5.
Functional categories and gene expression patterns of 28 DEGs down-regulated in males but up-regulated in females under salinity stress
| Populus gene model ID | AGI | AGI annotation and function description | Log-2 ratio | |
| MS/MC | FS/FC | |||
| Cell wall | ||||
| fgenesh4_pg.C_LG_XVI000539 | AT3G52370 | FLA15; fasciclin-like arabinogalactanprotein 15 precursor | –2.37 | 1.5 |
| Lipids | ||||
| fgenesh4_pm.C_LG_VIII000723 | AT3G23510 | MEE5.5; cyclopropane-fatty-acyl-phospholipid synthase activity | –2.69 | 1.01 |
| Major CHO metabolism | ||||
| estExt_fgenesh4_pg.C_LG_II1784 | AT2G47470 | UNE5; protein disulphide isomerase activity | –1.3 | 2.63 |
| fgenesh4_pm.C_LG_VI000400 | AT4G26140 | BGAL12; beta-galactosidase activity, catalytic activity, hydrolase activity, hydrolyzing O-glycosyl compounds | –1.57 | 1.24 |
| fgenesh4_pg.C_LG_IX001086 | AT1G50460 | HKL1; hexokinase activity | –2.94 | 2.01 |
| RNA | ||||
| eugene3.00120596 | AT5G07810 | MXM12.5; endonuclease activity, helicase activity | –2.4 | 1.26 |
| grail3.0003096203 | AT1G09920 | F21M12.31; TRAF-type zinc finger-related | –2 | 1.12 |
| eugene3.00011778 | AT3G12630 | A20/AN1-like zinc finger family protein; DNA binding, zinc ion binding | –2.35 | 1.34 |
| Protein | ||||
| estExt_fgenesh4_pm.C_LG_XIII0008 | AT1G11910 | APA1; aspartic proteinase, endopeptidase activity | –1.3 | 2.29 |
| estExt_Genewise1_v1.C_570194 | AT3G51350 | F26O13.3; aspartic-type endopeptidase activity | –1.77 | 2.11 |
| estExt_Genewise1Plus.C_44690001 | AT2G35780 | SCPL26; serine-type carboxypeptidase activity | –2.22 | 2.98 |
| estExt_fgenesh4_pm.C_LG_XVIII0083 | AT5G25760 | PEX4; ubiquitin-protein ligase activity | –1.53 | 1.58 |
| estExt_Genewise1_v1.C_LG_I8663 | AT5G41700 | UBC8; ubiquitin-protein ligase activity | –1.57 | 1.5 |
| estExt_fgenesh4_pm.C_280017 | AT5G20570 | RBX1; protein binding | –1.92 | 0.88 |
| Signalling | ||||
| grail3.0033033502 | AT4G11880 | AGL14; DNA binding, sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity | –1.49 | 1.69 |
| estExt_Genewise1_v1.C_LG_V0143 | AT1G43860 | F28H19.11; sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity | –1.22 | 1.77 |
| eugene3.00131252 | AT4G18700 | CIPK12; kinase, protein kinase, protein serine/threonine kinase activity | –1.47 | 1.03 |
| eugene3.00400111 | AT1G02130 | ARA5; GTP binding | –1.59 | 1.25 |
| grail3.0001009101 | AT4G35860 | ATGB2; GTP binding | –1.26 | 1.41 |
| Stress | ||||
| estExt_Genewise1_v1.C_LG_II2154 | AT4G33300 | ADR1-L1; ATP binding | –1.99 | 1.68 |
| Large enzyme families | ||||
| eugene3.00141430 | AT5G43940 | HOT5; S-(hydroxymethyl) glutathione dehydrogenase activity, S-nitrosoglutathione reductase activity | –1.64 | 2.56 |
| Not assigned | ||||
| gw1.I.9523.1 | AT1G15520 | PDR12; ATPase activity, coupled to transmembrane movement of substances | –1.46 | 1.68 |
| eugene3.01470017 | AT4G31480 | F3L17.50; binding, clathrin binding, structural molecule activity | –1.18 | 1.08 |
| estExt_fgenesh4_pm.C_LG_I1158 | AT5G55940 | EMB2731; molecular function unknown | –3.85 | 3.27 |
| gw1.VII.1749.1 | AT4G39970 | T5J17.140; catalytic activity, hydrolase activity | –2.3 | 1.25 |
| estExt_fgenesh4_pm.C_LG_VI0047 | AT4G16480 | INT4; carbohydrate transmembrane transporter activity, myo-inositol:hydrogen symporter activity, sugar:hydrogen symporter activity | –1.01 | 1.08 |
| estExt_fgenesh4_pg.C_LG_VIII0748 | AT2G02990 | RNS1; endoribonuclease activity, ribonuclease activity | –1.4 | 3.75 |
| e_gw1.XVIII.760.1 | AT5G11700 | T22P22.90; similar to glycine-rich protein, putative | –2.55 | 1.72 |
MC, males with 0 mM NaCl; MS, males with 50 mM NaCl; FC, females with 0 mM NaCl; FS, females with 50 mM NaCl; NS, not statistically significant.