Using FIBexDB for In-Depth Analysis of Flax Lectin Gene Expression in Response to Fusarium oxysporum Infection.

ABSTRACT: Plant proteins with lectin domains play an essential role in plant immunity modulation, but among a plurality of lectins recruited by plants, only a few members have been functionally characterized. For the analysis of flax lectin gene expression, we used FIBexDB, which includes an efficient algorithm for flax gene expression analysis combining gene clustering and coexpression network analysis. We analyzed the lectin gene expression in various flax tissues, including root tips infected with Fusarium oxysporum. Two pools of lectin genes were revealed: downregulated and upregulated during the infection. Lectins with suppressed gene expression are associated with protein biosynthesis (Calreticulin family), cell wall biosynthesis (galactose-binding lectin family) and cytoskeleton functi

SUBMITTER: Petrova N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8779086 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature