Identification of candidate host-manipulating effector genes in Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae) using a combination of transcriptome, genome, and differential gene expression data.

ABSTRACT: The cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover, is an important plant disease vector and a highly polyphagous agricultural pest that feeds on a broad range of host plants. During feeding, its salivary glands serve as a route for the transmission of circulative plant viruses and produce a range of secretory proteins, called effectors, to modulate host cellular processes. To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying aphid-plant interactions, we developed a bioinformatics pipeline that incorporated the salivary gland transcriptome, genome, and head vs abdomen differential gene expression data to predict secretory protein-encoding genes enriched in the salivary glands of A. gossypii. Annotation of the 351 predicted genes showed that the most abundant functional categories were associated with ce

SUBMITTER: Zhao C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12118542 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature