April
2006
, Volume
19
, Number
4
Pages
399
-
406
Authors
Orlando
Borrás-Hidalgo
,
1
Bart P. H. J.
Thomma
,
2
Cyrelys
Collazo
,
1
Osmany
Chacón
,
3
Carlos J.
Borroto
,
1
Camilo
Ayra
,
1
Roxana
Portieles
,
1
Yunior
López
,
1
and
Merardo
Pujol
1
Affiliations
1Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 6162, Havana, 10600, Cuba; 2Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 5, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands; 3Tobacco Research Institute, Carretera de Tumbadero Km. 8, P.O. Box 6063, San Antonio de los Baños, Havana, Cuba
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In order to identify tobacco (Nicotiana megalosiphon) genes involved in broad-spectrum resistance to tobacco blue mold (Peronospora hyoscyami f. sp. tabacina), suppression subtractive hybridization was used to generate cDNA from transcripts that are differentially expressed during an incompatible interaction. After differential screening by membrane-based hybridization, clones corresponding to 182 differentially expressed genes were selected, sequenced, and analyzed. The cDNA collection comprised a broad repertoire of genes associated with various processes. Northern blot analysis of a subset of these genes confirmed the differential expression patterns between the compatible and incompatible interaction. Subsequent virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) of four genes that were found to be differentially induced was pursued. While VIGS of a lipid transfer protein gene or a glutamate decarboxylase gene in Nicotiana megalosiphon did not affect blue mold resistance, silencing of an EIL2 transcription factor gene and a glutathione synthetase gene was found to compromise the resistance of Nicotiana megalosiphon to P. hyoscyami f. sp. tabacina. Potentially, these genes can be used to engineer resistance in blue mold-susceptible tobacco cultivars.
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