Searching for resistance genes to Bursaphelenchus xylophilus using high throughput screening.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pine wilt disease (PWD), caused by the pinewood nematode (PWN; Bursaphelenchus xylophilus), damages and kills pine trees and is causing serious economic damage worldwide. Although the ecological mechanism of infestation is well described, the plant's molecular response to the pathogen is not well known. This is due mainly to the lack of genomic information and the complexity of the disease. High throughput sequencing is now an efficient approach for detecting the expression of genes in non-model organisms, thus providing valuable information in spite of the lack of the genome sequence. In an attempt to unravel genes potentially involved in the pine defense against the pathogen, we hereby report the high throughput comparative sequence analysis of infested and non-infeste

SUBMITTER: Santos CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3542250 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature