Cell type specific transcriptional reprogramming of maize leaves during Ustilago maydis induced tumor formation.

ABSTRACT: Ustilago maydis is a biotrophic pathogen and well-established genetic model to understand the molecular basis of biotrophic interactions. U. maydis suppresses plant defense and induces tumors on all aerial parts of its host plant maize. In a previous study we found that U. maydis induced leaf tumor formation builds on two major processes: the induction of hypertrophy in the mesophyll and the induction of cell division (hyperplasia) in the bundle sheath. In this study we analyzed the cell-type specific transcriptome of maize leaves 4 days post infection. This analysis allowed identification of key features underlying the hypertrophic and hyperplasic cell identities derived from mesophyll and bundle sheath cells, respectively. We examined the differentially expressed (DE) genes with particul

SUBMITTER: Villajuana-Bonequi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6629649 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature