Searching for resistance genes to Bursaphelenchus xylophilus using high throughput screening

• Published in: BMC genomics Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 599
• Main Authors: Santos, Carla S, Pinheiro, Miguel, Silva, Ana I, Egas, Conceição, Vasconcelos, Marta W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 07.11.2012; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Abundance; Amino acids; Analysis; Animals; Base Sequence; Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; Defense mechanisms; Disease Resistance - genetics; Economics; Gene expression; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Library; Gene regulation; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genetic transcription; Genomes; Genomics; Health aspects; high-throughput screening; High-throughput screening (Biochemical assaying); High-Throughput Screening Assays; Infestation; Lectins; Metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Nematoda; Nematode Infections - genetics; Nematode Infections - immunology; Nematodes; Nucleotide sequence; Oxidative stress; Pathogens; Physiological aspects; Picea; Pine trees; Pinus; Pinus - genetics; Pinus pinaster; Pinus pinea; Plant Diseases - immunology; Plant Diseases - parasitology; Polymerase chain reaction; Ricin; SNAP receptors; Species Specificity; Stems; Trees; Tylenchida; Water deficit; Wilt; Portugal

Pine wilt disease (PWD), caused by the pinewood nematode (PWN; Bursaphelenchus xylophilus), damages and kills pine trees and is causing serious economic damage worldwide. Although the ecological mechanism of infestation is well described, the plant's molecular response to the pathogen is not we...