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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (18): 124-129.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb20190400047

Special Issue: 生物技术 水稻

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Avirulence Genes in Magnaporthe oryzae 007: Cloning, Identification and Expression Analysis

Xiong Tiantian, Han Haojie, Lu Yanmei, Zhang Ning, Wang Chuntai, Liu Xingqiong, Cheng Gang()   

  1. Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory for Protection and Application of Special Plant Germplasm in Wuling Area of China, Key Lab for Biotechnology of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, College of Life Sciences, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074
  • Received:2019-04-25 Revised:2019-05-24 Online:2020-06-25 Published:2020-07-10
  • Contact: Cheng Gang E-mail:cheng_gang@aliyun.com

Abstract:

To clarify the avirulence genes contained in the international standard strain Magnaporthe oryzae race 007, and the possible mainly effective avirulence genes, we designed five common avirulence gene-specific primers for cloning and identification. And the expression of five avirulence genes in Magnaporthe oryzae race 007 strain were detected separately in the liquid culture condition and the process of infecting rice. The results showed that Magnaporthe oryzae race 007 strain contained five avirulence genes including PWL2, AvrPiz-t, Avr-pik, Avr-pita and ACE1. The result of cloning and identification indicated that the five avirulent genes did not change much. Compared with that under the liquid culture condition, in the process of infecting rice, the expression of PWL2 was up-regulated, and the expressions of ACE1, AvrPiz-t and Avr-Pik were basically unchanged, while the expression of Avr-Pita gene was down-regulated. Thus, the expression level of PWL2 gene was significantly changed. We further analyzed promoter region sequences of PWL2 gene, and the results showed that there were some cis-acting elements in the promoter region of PWL2 gene to affect the expression of PWL2 gene. This study show that Magnaporthe oryzae race 007 strain contains five common avirulent genes with little sequence variation and the expression of PWL2 gene is regulated and it may play a major pathogenic role in Magnaporthe oryzae race 007.

Key words: Magnaporthe oryzae, avirulence gene, cloning, expression analysis

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