Insight on genes affecting tuber development in potato upon Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) infection

ABSTRACT: Potato (Solanum tuberosum L) is a natural host of Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) which can cause characteristic symptoms on developing plants including stunting phenotype and distortion of leaves and tubers. PSTVd is the type species of the family Pospiviroidae, it can replicate in the nucleus and the viroid RNA moves systemically in infected plants. Its KF440-2 strain can cause severe symptoms in potato. It is not well understood how the viroid can affect host genes for successful invasion and which genes show altered expression levels upon infection. In this study, we used a high-scale method to identify differentially expressed genes in potato. We have identified defence, stress and sugar metabolism related genes having altered expression levels upon infection. Additionally, hormon

INSTRUMENT(S): Agilent G2505B scanner

ORGANISM(S): Solanum tuberosum

SUBMITTER: Pete Hedley 

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-3869 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress