Sequence mining and transcript profiling to explore cyst nematode parasitism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cyst nematodes are devastating plant parasites that become sedentary within plant roots and induce the transformation of normal plant cells into elaborate feeding cells with the help of secreted effectors, the parasitism proteins. These proteins are the translation products of parasitism genes and are secreted molecular tools that allow cyst nematodes to infect plants.

Results

We present here the expression patterns of all previously described parasitism genes of the soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines, in all major life stages except the adult male. These insights were gained by analyzing our gene expression dataset from experiments using the Affymetrix Soybean Genome Array GeneChip, which contains probeset sequences for 6,860 genes derived from preparasit

SUBMITTER: Elling AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2640417 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature