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Genome-wide expression profiling in a Fusarium graminearum lacking FgVelB, a velvet complex gene

ABSTRACT: Using a 3'-tiling microarray covering the whole F. graminearum genes, we carried out genome-wide expression analyses of both a wild type and a FgVelB deletion strainn of F. graminearum at a sexual stage (3 days after perithecial induction on carrot agar) Our study is the first report elucidating regulatory pathways controlled by FgVelB in Fusarium graminearum. A total of 4 chips were used for microarray. Total RNAs were extracted from perithecia and/or ground mycelia formed on carrot agar cultures of a self-fertile wild-type and a self-sterile FgVelB-deleted strain of F. graminearum with two biological replicates.

ORGANISM(S): Gibberella zeae

SUBMITTER: Yeon-Ki Kim

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-36638 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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FgVelB globally regulates sexual reproduction, mycotoxin production and pathogenicity in the cereal pathogen Fusarium graminearum.

Lee Jungkwan J Myong Kilseon K Kim Jung-Eun JE Kim Hee-Kyoung HK Yun Sung-Hwan SH Lee Yin-Won YW

Microbiology (Reading, England) 20120419 Pt 7

The velvet genes are conserved in ascomycetous fungi and function as global regulators of differentiation and secondary metabolism. Here, we characterized one of the velvet genes, designated FgVelB, in the plant-pathogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum, which causes fusarium head blight in cereals and produces mycotoxins within plants. FgVelB-deleted (ΔFgVelB) strains produced fewer aerial mycelia with less pigmentation than those of the wild-type (WT) during vegetative growth. Under sexual develo ...[more]

PMID: 22516221

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Genome-wide expression profiling in a Fusarium graminearum lacking FgVelB, a velvet complex gene

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FgVelB globally regulates sexual reproduction, mycotoxin production and pathogenicity in the cereal pathogen Fusarium graminearum.

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