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CHAPTER 2: IDENTIFICATION AND CLONING OF DIFFERENTIALLY<br />

EXPRESSED GENES INVOLVED IN THE INTERACTION BETWEEN<br />

POTATO AND PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS USING A SUBTRACTIVE<br />

HYBRIDIZATION AND CDNA-AFLP COMBINATIONAL APPROACH<br />

(Henriquez, M.A. and Daayf F. 2010. Journal <strong>of</strong> Integr<strong>at</strong>ive Plant Biology 52: 453–467)<br />

2.1. ABSTRACT<br />

Using a subtractive hybridiz<strong>at</strong>ion (SH)/cDNA-AFLP combin<strong>at</strong>ional approach,<br />

differentially expressed genes involved in <strong>the</strong> <strong>pot<strong>at</strong>o</strong>-Phytophthora infestans interaction<br />

were identified. These included genes potentially controlling p<strong>at</strong>hogenesis or avr genes in<br />

P. infestans as well as those potentially involved in <strong>pot<strong>at</strong>o</strong> resistance or susceptibility to<br />

this p<strong>at</strong>hogen. Forty-one differentially expressed transcript-derived fragments (TDFs),<br />

resulting from <strong>the</strong> interaction, were cloned and sequenced. Two TDFs, suggested as<br />

potential p<strong>at</strong>hogenicity factors, have sequence similarity to N-succinyl diaminopime<strong>l<strong>at</strong>e</strong><br />

aminotransferase and a transcriptional regul<strong>at</strong>or, TetR family gene. Two o<strong>the</strong>r TDFs,<br />

suggested as potential avr genes, have sequence similarity to an EST sequence from<br />

Avr4/Cf-4/Avr9/Cf-9 and a P. infestans avirulence-associ<strong>at</strong>ed gene. The expression and<br />

origin <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> genes were confirmed using Sou<strong>the</strong>rn blots, Nor<strong>the</strong>rn blots and qRT-PCR.<br />

Potential resistance gene DL81 was induced <strong>at</strong> 12 hpi in <strong>the</strong> moder<strong>at</strong>ely resistant cultivar,<br />

whereas it was down-regu<strong>l<strong>at</strong>e</strong>d as early as 6 hpi in <strong>the</strong> susceptible cultivar. On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

hand, DL21 was induced <strong>at</strong> 6 hpi (3.38-fold) in response to <strong>the</strong> highly aggressive iso<strong>l<strong>at</strong>e</strong><br />

(US8) and strongly up-regu<strong>l<strong>at</strong>e</strong>d <strong>the</strong>reafter (25.13-fold <strong>at</strong> 120 hpi.), whereas it was only<br />

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