Genome-wide Prediction and Functional Validation of Promoter Motifs Regulating Gene Expression in Spore and Infection Stages of Phytophthora infestans

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Roy, Sourav ^a   Kagda, Meenakshi ^a   Judelson, Howard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; ELICITIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GUS REPORTER GENE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROSPORE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOGENICITY; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; ZOOSPORE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POTATO; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EUKARYOTA; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PLANT DISEASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPORES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84874935153     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003182     Document Type: Article

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