Published on Feb. 13, 2017

Auxins are a class of phytohormones in plants which have an active role in growth and development. The Auxin hormone control pathway in maize meristem is not well studied and has significant scope for in-depth exploration. Previous studies have not shown much novel information about how Auxin is regulated. Weighted Gene co-expression analysis takes results from differentially expressed genes and organizes them into clusters and modules showing possible interactions and co-regulation. These clusters usually highlight unique interactions which cannot be seen by most other methods. We present our ongoing work in building gene co-regulatory networks using certain gene knockouts in the maize meristem Auxin network.