July
2005
, Volume
18
, Number
7
Pages
621
-
625
Authors
Qing
Chen
,
1
S.
Rehman
,
2
G.
Smant
,
2
and
John T.
Jones
1
Affiliations
1Plant-Pathogen Interactions Programme, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, U.K.; 2Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 5, 6709PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Accepted 15 February 2005.
Abstract
RNA interference (RNAi) has been used widely as a tool for examining gene function and a method that allows its use with plant-parasitic nematodes recently has been described. Here, we use a modified method to analyze the function of secreted β-1,4, endoglucanases of the potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis, the first in vivo functional analysis of a pathogenicity protein of a plant-parasitic nematode. Knockout of the β-1,4, endoglucanases reduced the ability of the nematodes to invade roots. We also use RNAi to show that gr-ams-1, a secreted protein of the main sense organs (the amphids), is essential for host location.
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Additional keywords:
amphid-secreted protein
,
cellulase
,
gene silencing
,
invasion
.
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