The remarkable plethora of infestation-responsive Q-type C2H2 transcription factors in potato.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Q-type C2H2 transcription factors (TF) play crucial roles in the plant response to stress, often leading to regulation of downstream genes required for tolerance to these challenges. An infestation-responsive Q-type C2H2 TF (StZFP2) is induced by wounding and infestation in potato. While mining the Solanum tuberosum Group Phureja genome for additional members of this family of proteins, five StZFP2-like genes were found on a portion of chromosome 11. The objective of this work was to differentiate these genes in tissue specificity and expression upon infestation.

Results

Examination of different tissues showed that young roots had the highest amounts of transcripts for five of the genes. Expression of their transcripts upon excision or infestation by Manduca sexta,

SUBMITTER: Lawrence SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6011193 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature