Description
We collected bending-cotyledon seed compartments from 7 micron paraffin sections using the Leica LMD6000 system in order to identify the mRNAs present in different compartments from seeds containing bending cotyledon stage embryos. For the purposes of this study we captured 6 compartments: embryo proper, mycropylar endosperm, cellularized peripherial endosperm, chalazal endosperm, chalazal seed coat and seed coat, in addition to serial sections encompasing the entire bending-cotyledon stage seed.