Transcription profiling of white clover plants following infection by white clover mosaic virus

ABSTRACT: White clover mosaic virus (WCMV) is a major pathogen of white clover (Trifolium repens L.), with significant effects on yield and persistence. Due to the absence of natural sources of WCMV resistance a transgenic strategy has been employed to produce plants constitutively expressing WCMV replicase gene derivatives, designed to inhibit the propagation of WCMV through an RNA silencing mechanism. A 12,000 feature oligonucleotide microarray has been used to identify global changes in host plant, in addition to virus genome-encoded gene expression associated with WCMV infection in non-transgenic and transgenic WCMV-resistant white clover. Pairwise comparison between the transcriptome of mock-inoculated non-transgenic and WCMV-inoculated transgenic plants provides clear evidence for substantial

ORGANISM(S): Trifolium repens

DISEASE(S): normal

SUBMITTER: Ross Chapman 

PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1688 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress