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ArticleJournal of biosciences2008

Defence transcriptome profiling of Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith by mRNA differential display.

P G Kavitha, George Thomas

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Article in Journal of biosciences, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

P G KavithaPlant Molecular Biology Group, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram 695 014, India.
George Thomas
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soft rot is a serious disease in ginger (Zingiber of?cinale Roscoe),imposing a considerable economic loss annually in all ginger-producing countries. In this study,mRNA differential display was employed to identify genes whose expression was altered in a soft rot-resistant accession of Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith,a wild relative of ginger, in response to Pythium aphanidermatum (Edson) Fitzp.,which is the principal causative agent of soft-rot disease in ginger. Analysis using 68 primer combinations identified 70 differentially expressed transcript-derived fragments (TDFs),of which 34 TDFs were selected for further analysis following reverse northern screening. Cloning and sequence characterization of the 34 TDFs yielded a total of 54 distinct clones. Functional categorization of these clones revealed seven categories,of which the defence/stress/signalling group was the largest,with clones homologous to genes known to be actively involved in various pathogenesis-related functions in other plant species.The significance of these genes in relation to the resistance response in Z.zerumbet is discussed. This study has provided a pool of candidate genes for detailed molecular dissection of the defence mechanisms in Z.zerumbet and for accessing wild genetic resources for the transgenic improvement of ginger.

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Gene Expression ProfilingTranscription, GeneticGenes, PlantPlant DiseasesPythiumRNA, MessengerSequence Analysis, DNAZingiber officinaleRNA, Messenger

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PMID18376073
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