Fig. 6

Expression profiling, co-expression and genome-wide identification of protein-protein interactions. a Expression patterns of rice VQs among 11 different developmental stages of tissues (T1-T11). Vegetative tissues include leaf (20 days, T1), shoot (T2), seedling (four-leaf stage, T3), and pre-emergence inflorescence (T4). T5, Post-emergence inflorescence; T6, Anther; T7, Pistil; T8, Seed (5 DAP); T9, Seed (10 DAP); T10, Embryo (25 DAP); T11, Endosperm (25 DAP). b Percentages of VQs showing up- or down-regulation by phytohormones, abiotic and biotic stresses. Xoo, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae; Xoc, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzicola; Mo, Magnaporthe oryzae. c A total of 10 VQs showing co-expression with their total numbers of co-expressed genes. d Genome-wide identification of VQ protein interactions. Interacted proteins with VQs were identified by the STRING program (v10, http://string.embl.de). Red rectangles indicate 16 VQs with interacted proteins. Cyan pies, green triangles indicate WRKY and other transcription factors, respectively. Blue squares and yellow diamonds indicate expressed/hypothetical and other annotated proteins, respectively, which show interactions with VQs. Red lines show the interactions within VQs. Cyan, green, blue and yellow lines show the interactions of VQs with WRKYs, other transcription factors, expressed / hypothetical proteins and other annotated proteins, respectively. The prefix “LOC_Os” in each gene locus name in c and d was omitted for convenience