Changes in the Sclerotinia sclerotiorum transcriptome during infection of Brassica napus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causes stem rot in Brassica napus, which leads to lodging and severe yield losses. Although recent studies have explored significant progress in the characterization of individual S. sclerotiorum pathogenicity factors, a gap exists in profiling gene expression throughout the course of S. sclerotiorum infection on a host plant. In this study, RNA-Seq analysis was performed with focus on the events occurring through the early (1 h) to the middle (48 h) stages of infection.

Results

Transcript analysis revealed the temporal pattern and amplitude of the deployment of genes associated with aspects of pathogenicity or virulence during the course of S. sclerotiorum infection on Brassica napus. These genes were categorized into eight functional gro

SUBMITTER: Seifbarghi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5372324 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature