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Spaceflight causes large-scale plant gene expression changes

Claim that spaceflight, including altered gravity and associated environmental factors, induces extensive transcriptional changes in Arabidopsis leaves, affecting both wild-type and FT-expressing transgenic plants under different photoperiods.

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Spaceflight strongly impacts global transcriptome patterns in Arabidopsis; many genes are differentially expressed in leaves of wild-type and FG plants relative to ground controls.

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spaceflight condition alters Transcriptome of Arabidopsis leaves