Specifically Expressed Genes of the Nematode <i>Bursaphelenchus Xylophilus</i> Involved with Early Interactions with Pine Trees

  • Xiuwen Qiu (470427)
  • Xiaoqin Wu (470428)
  • Lin Huang (288599)
  • Minqi Tian (470429)
  • Jianren Ye (322176)
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Publication date
October 2013

Abstract

<div><p>As the causal agent of pine wilt disease (PWD), the pine wood nematode (PWN), <i>Bursaphelenchus xylophilus</i>, causes huge economic losses by devastating pine forests worldwide. However, the pathogenesis-related genes of <i>B. xylophilus</i> are not well characterized. Thus, DNA microarrays were used to investigate differential gene expression in PWN where <i>Pinus thunbergii</i> was inoculated with nematodes, compared with those cultured on <i>Botrytis cinerea</i>. The microarrays comprised 31121 probes, 1310 (4.2%) of which were differentially regulated (changes of >2-fold, <i>P</i> < 0.01) in the two growth conditions. Of these 1310 genes, 633 genes were upregulated, whereas 677 genes were downregulated. Gene Ontology (GO) cate...

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