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Comparison of gene expression in trap cells and vegetative hyphae of the nematophagous fungus Free

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Nematode-trapping fungi enter the parasitic stage by developing specific morphological structures called traps. The global patterns of gene expression in traps and mycelium of the fungus were compared. The trap of this fungus is a unicellular spherical structure called the knob, which develops on the apex of a hyphal branch. RNA was isolated from knobs and mycelium and hybridized to a cDNA array containing probes of 2822 EST clones of . Despite the fact that the knobs and mycelium were grown in the same medium, there were substantial differences in the patterns of genes expressed in the two cell types. In total, 23·3 % (657 of 2822) of the putative genes were differentially expressed in knobs versus mycelium. Several of these genes displayed sequence similarities to genes known to be involved in regulating morphogenesis and cell polarity in fungi. Among them were several putative homologues for small GTPases, such as , and , and a rho GDP dissociation inhibitor (). Several homologues to genes involved in stress response, protein synthesis and protein degradation, transcription, and carbon metabolism were also differentially expressed. In the last category, a glycogen phosphorylase () gene homologue, one of the most upregulated genes in the knobs as compared to mycelium, was characterized. A number of the genes that were differentially expressed in trap cells are also known to be regulated during the development of infection structures in plant-pathogenic fungi. Among them, a () gene homologue (designated ), which is specifically expressed in appressoria of the rice blast fungus, was characterized.

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Keyword(s): aRNA, antisense RNA and EST, expressed sequence tag
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Comparison of gene expression in trap cells and vegetative hyphae of the nematophagous fungus Monacrosporium haptotylum
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