Simultaneous RNA-seq analysis of a mixed transcriptome of rice and blast fungus interaction.

ABSTRACT: A filamentous fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, is a causal agent of rice blast disease, which is one of the most serious diseases affecting cultivated rice, Oryza sativa. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying both rice defense and fungal attack are not yet fully understood. Extensive past studies have characterized many infection-responsive genes in the pathogen and host plant, separately. To understand the plant-pathogen interaction comprehensively, it is valuable to monitor the gene expression profiles of both interacting organisms simultaneously in the same infected plant tissue. Although the host-pathogen interaction during the initial infection stage is important for the establishment of infection, the detection of fungal gene expression in infected leaves at the stage has been diff

SUBMITTER: Kawahara Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3490861 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature