Fig 1.
Venn diagram of the number of unique and common differentially expressed genes (DEGs) found in C3 and C4 plant groups.
Table 1.
List of identified Transcription factors for C3 plants group.
Table 2.
List of identified Transcription factors for C4 plants group.
Fig 2.
Enriched GO terms corresponding to biological processes (BP), cellular components (CC) and molecular functions (MF) under drought stress in C3 (a) and C4 (b) plant groups.
Fig 3.
KEGG pathway classification of the meta-DEGs in C3 (a) and C4 (b) plant groups under drought stress.
Fig 4.
Protein–protein interaction network of common hub genes in C3 and C4 plant groups.
Photosynthesis (green nodes), antenna proteins (blue nodes), response to stimulus (pink nodes), response to abiotic stimulus (purple nodes) and ribosomal protein (yellow nodes).
Fig 5.
Meta-DEGs related to the photosynthesis pathway and antenna proteins in C3 and C4 plant groups in response to drought stress.
Purple and pink color represent up and down-regulated genes in C3 group. Red and yellow color represent up and down-regulated genes in C4 group.
Fig 6.
Relative expression of four selected genes Ferredoxin, GAPB, HVA22, and SPS.
Fig 7.
Meta-DEGs related to the pentose phosphate pathway in C3 and C4 plant groups in response to drought stress.
Pink color represent down-regulated genes in C3 group. Red and yellow color represent up and down-regulated genes in C4 group.
Fig 8.
Meta-DEGs related to branched chain amino acids (BCAAs; valine, leucine, and isoleucine) degradation pathway in C3 and C4 plant groups in response to drought stress.
Purple color represent up-regulated genes in C3 group. Red color represent up-regulated genes in C4 group.