Project description:The transcriptomic modulations leading to defense response in rice one hour after inoculation by Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae. Xoo and mock inoculated plant of cultivars IET8585 (bacterial leaf blight resistant) and IR-24 (bacterial leaf blight susceptible) were compared.
Project description:African Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae strains seem most closely related to and share several genetic features with pathovar oryzicola despite causing symptoms of bacterial leaf blight. The ability of most Xanthomonas plant pathogenic bacteria to infect their host relies on the action of a specific family of type III effectors called the TAL effectors. These microbial transcription factors are injected into the plant and manipulate the host transcriptome upon binding to the promoters of plant genes. The genes whose induction is of benefit to the pathogen are called susceptibility genes. RNA profiling experiments in rice using the Malian Xoo strain MAI1 and in silico prediction of TAL effector binding sites were carried out to identify candidate targets of TalB, revealing OsTFX1, a bZIP transcription factor previously identified as a bacterial blight S gene, and OsERF#123, which encodes a subgroup IXc AP2/ERF transcription factor.
