Global gene expression analysis during germination in the chytridiomycete Blastocladiella emersonii.

ABSTRACT: Blastocladiella emersonii is an aquatic fungus of the Chytridiomycete class. During germination, the zoospore, a motile nongrowing cell, goes through a cascade of morphological changes that culminates with its differentiation into the germling cell, capable of coenocytic vegetative growth. Transcriptome analyses of B. emersonii cells were carried out during germination induced under various environmental conditions. Microarray data analyzing 3,563 distinct B. emersonii genes revealed that 26% of them are differentially expressed during germination in nutrient medium at at least one of the time points investigated. Over 500 genes are upregulated during the time course of germination under those conditions, most being related to cell growth, including genes involved in protein biosynthesis,

SUBMITTER: Salem-Izacc SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2643612 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature