The genome- and transcriptome-wide analysis of innate immunity in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) is one of the most serious rice plant pests in Asia. N. lugens causes extensive rice damage by sucking rice phloem sap, which results in stunted plant growth and the transmission of plant viruses. Despite the importance of this insect pest, little is known about the immunological mechanisms occurring in this hemimetabolous insect species.

Results

In this study, we performed a genome- and transcriptome-wide analysis aiming at the immune-related genes. The transcriptome datasets include the N. lugens intestine, the developmental stage, wing formation, and sex-specific expression information that provided useful gene expression sequence data for the genome-wide analysis. As a result, we identified a large number of genes enc

SUBMITTER: Bao YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3616906 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature