Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21219508›Full record

ArticleThe Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology2011

Silencing GhNDR1 and GhMKK2 compromises cotton resistance to Verticillium wilt.

Xiquan Gao, Terry Wheeler, Zhaohu Li, Charles M Kenerley, Ping He, Libo Shan

Open access · bronzeAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 130 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
130citing papers in PubMed
13.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

130 citing papers in PubMed, 260 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. The GhWRKY70-International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Establishment of a TRV-VIGS system in Coix (Frontiers in plant science · 2026
    Article
  12. Comprehensive analysis of theForestry research · 2026
    Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article

70 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiquan GaoDepartment of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Terry Wheeler
Zhaohu Li
Charles M Kenerley
Ping He
Libo Shan
Texas A&M University · USArkansas Agricultural Experiment Station · USChina Agricultural University · CN

Funding

Differential regulation of plant innate immunityR01GM092893 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HE, PING · 2010 to 2022
$2.7M
Phosphorylation and ubiquitination of immune sensory complexes in innate immune signalingR01GM097247 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI SHAN, LIBO · 2011 to 2021
$2.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM092893NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM092893NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM097247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cotton is an important cash crop worldwide, and is a significant source of fiber, feed, foodstuff, oil and biofuel products. Considerable effort has been expended to increase sustainable yield and quality through molecular breeding and genetic engineering of new cotton cultivars. Given the recent availability of the whole-genome sequence of cotton, it is necessary to develop molecular tools and resources for large-scale analysis of gene functions at the genome-wide level. We have successfully developed an Agrobacterium-mediated virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) assay in several cotton cultivars with various genetic backgrounds. The genes of interest were potently and readily silenced within 2 weeks after inoculation at the seedling stage. Importantly, we showed that silencing GhNDR1 and GhMKK2 compromised cotton resistance to the infection by Verticillium dahliae, a fungal pathogen causing Verticillium wilt. Furthermore, we developed a cotton protoplast system for transient gene expression to study gene functions by a gain-of-function approach. The viable protoplasts were isolated from green cotyledons, etiolated cotyledons and true leaves, and responded to a wide range of pathogen elicitors and phytohormones. Remarkably, cotton plants possess conserved, but also distinct, MAP kinase activation with Arabidopsis upon bacterial elicitor flagellin perception. Thus, using gene silencing assays, we have shown that GhNDR1 and GhMKK2 are required for Verticillium resistance in cotton, and have developed high throughput loss-of-function and gain-of-function assays for functional genomic studies in cotton.

Indexed as

Gene SilencingImmunity, InnateDNA, PlantGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenes, PlantGossypiumMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesPlant DiseasesPlant ProteinsProtoplastsTranscription FactorsTransfectionVerticilliumDNA, PlantMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesPlant ProteinsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID21219508
PMCPMC3078967
OpenAlexW1654701538

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.