Functional genomics of a generalist parasitic plant: Laser microdissection of host-parasite interface reveals host-specific patterns of parasite gene expression

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Honaas, Loren A ^a   Wafula, Eric K ^b   Yang, Zhenzhen ^a   Der, Joshua P ^a,b   Wickett, Norman J ^a,b,g   Altman, Naomi S ^a   Taylor, Christopher G ^c   Yoder, John I ^d   Timko, Michael P ^e   Westwood, James H ^f   dePamphilis, Claude W ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkholderia; De novo assembly; Expansin; Generalist parasite; Illumina; Laser microdissection; Maize; Medicago; Orobanchaceae; Parasitic plant; RNA Seq; Transcriptome; Triphysaria

Indexed keywords

BURKHOLDERIA; LINDENBERGIA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; OROBANCHACEAE; TRIPHYSARIA; TRIPHYSARIA VERSICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HOST RANGE; MAIZE; MICRODISSECTION; OROBANCHACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; WEED;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOMICS; HOST SPECIFICITY; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MICRODISSECTION; OROBANCHACEAE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT WEEDS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84872013682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-9     Document Type: Article

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