Transcriptome analysis reveals absence of unintended effects in drought-tolerant transgenic plants overexpressing the transcription factor ABF3

Table 7 Genes showing enhanced regulation in 35S:ABF3 with predicted function in RNA processing

			2 h		24 h
Probe Set ID	AGI	Annotation	Control	35S:ABF3	Control	35S:ABF3
*Splicing and splicing-related*
262110_at	At1g02840	Pre-mRNA splicing factor SF2/SR1 protein				-1.731
263035_at	At1g23860	Splicing factor RSZp21 (RSZP21)				-1.272
262295_at	At1g27650	U2 snRNP auxiliary factor small subunit, putative (AtU2AF35A)				-1.129
262931_at	At1g65700	Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein, putative				1.386
267102_at	At2g41500	LACHESIS (LIS)/related to yeast splicing factor PRP4				-1.260
252182_at	At3g50670	U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein 70 (U1-70k)				-1.525
251798_at	At3g55460	SC35-like splicing factor, 30 kD (SCL30)				-1.048
253668_at	At4g30220	Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein F (RUXF), putative				1.057
249870_at	At5g23080	SWAP domain-containing protein/TOUGH (TGH)				-1.476
246924_at	At5g25060	RNA recognition motif (RRM)-containing protein				-1.043
248369_at	At5g52040	Arginine/serine-rich splicing factor RSP41 (RSP41)				-1.009
*Nucleocytoplasmic transport*
257817_at	At3g25150	Nuclear transport factor 2 (NTF2) family protein				-1.316
*Deadenylation*
252679_at	At3g44260	CCR4-NOT transcription complex protein, putative		2.108	3.479	3.354
*Other*
262804_at	At1g20880	RNA recognition motif (RRM)-containing protein				-1.335
261988_at	At1g33680	KH domain-containing protein				-1.123
254355_at	At4g22380	Ribosomal protein L7Ae/L30e/S12e/Gadd45 family protein				1.617
246088_at	At5g20600	Expressed protein				-1.145
247004_at	At5g67570	Pentatricopeptide (PPR) repeat-containing protein				-1.349

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