Title: | Genome-Wide Analysis Reveals Transcription Factors Regulated by Spider-Mite Feeding in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) |
Author(s): | He J; Bouwmeester HJ; Dicke M; Kappers IF; |
Address: | "Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing 400712, China. Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands. Plant Hormone Biology Group, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1000 BE Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 2223-7747 (Print) 2223-7747 (Electronic) 2223-7747 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "To gain insight into the regulatory networks that underlie the induced defense in cucumber against spider mites, genes encoding transcription factors (TFs) were identified in the cucumber (Cucumissativus) genome and their regulation by two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychusurticae) herbivory was analyzed using RNA-seq. Of the total 1212 annotated TF genes in the cucumber genome, 119 were differentially regulated upon spider-mite herbivory during a period of 3 days. These TF genes belong to different categories but the MYB, bHLH, AP2/ERF and WRKY families had the highest relative numbers of differentially expressed genes. Correlation analysis of the expression of TF genes with defense-associated genes during herbivory and pathogen infestation, and in different organs resulted in the putative identification of regulators of herbivore-induced terpenoid and green-leaf-volatile biosynthesis. Analysis of the cis-acting regulatory elements (CAREs) present in the promoter regions of the genes responsive to spider-mite feeding revealed potential TF regulators. This study describes the TF genes in cucumber that are potentially involved in the regulation of induced defense against herbivory by spider mites" |
Keywords: | cis-acting regulatory elements cucumber promoter spider mite transcription factor; |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEHe, Jun Bouwmeester, Harro J Dicke, Marcel Kappers, Iris F eng STW11151/Stichting voor de Technische Wetenschappen/ Switzerland 2020/08/17 Plants (Basel). 2020 Aug 11; 9(8):1014. doi: 10.3390/plants9081014" |