Functional characterization of cotton genes responsive to Verticillium dahliae through bioinformatics and reverse genetics strategies.

ABSTRACT: Verticillium wilt causes dramatic cotton yield loss in China. Although some genes or biological processes involved in the interaction between cotton and Verticillium dahliae have been identified, the molecular mechanism of cotton resistance to this disease is still poorly understood. The basic innate immune response for defence is somewhat conserved among plant species to defend themselves in complex environments, which makes it possible to characterize genes involved in cotton immunity based on information from model plants. With the availability of Arabidopsis databases, a data-mining strategy accompanied by virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) and heterologous expression were adopted in cotton and tobacco, respectively, for global screening and gene function characterization. A total of

SUBMITTER: Xu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4246195 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature