Identification of Arabidopsis thaliana small RNAs responsive to the fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea at an early stage of interaction.

ABSTRACT: In plants, small RNAs (sRNAs), mainly microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), have been described as key regulators of plant development, growth, and abiotic and biotic responses. Despite reports indicating the involvement of certain sRNAs in regulating the interaction between Botrytis cinerea (a major necrotrophic fungal phytopathogen) and host plants, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the potential regulatory roles of plant sRNAs during early stages of the interaction despite early immune responses observed then during infection. We present the first transcriptome-wide analysis of small RNA expression on the early interaction between the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. We found that evolutionary conserved A. thaliana

SUBMITTER: Padilla-Padilla EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11178217 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature