Research Article

Differential Gene Expression in Sugarcane in Response to Challenge by Fungal Pathogen Ustilago scitaminea Revealed by cDNA-AFLP

Table 2

Homology of 37 differentially expressed TDFs identified in cDNA-AFLP analysis.

Clone ID (GenBank Accn)Size (bp)Function descriptionSpeciesHomology (%)

Cell rescue and defense (Two)
 SUC01 (HS977224)418 bpputative aldehyde oxidaseO. sativa78%
 SUC28 (HS977227)315 bpputative aldose reductase-related proteinZ. mays80%

Energy metabolism (Six)
 SUC10 (HS977228)243 bpcytochromeM. indica98%
 SUC20 (HS977229)288 bpphytoene desaturaseZ. mays96%
 SUC21 (HS977230)274 bppolyphosphate kinaseS.typhimurium29%
 SUC22 (HS977231)256 bp3-dehydroquinate synthaseC. botulinum36%
 SUC24 (HS977232)244 bpphytoene desaturaseZ. mays100%
 SUC31 (HS977233)427 bpputative acid phosphataseE. nidulans28%

Intracellular transport (Two)
 SUC02 (HS977225)165 bpintracellular protein transport proteinO. sativa32%
 SUC39 (HS977234)121 bpsugar transporterY. pestis57%

Signal transduction (Six)
 SUC07 (HS977235)362 bpputative calmodulin-binding proteinO. sativa92%
 SUC13 (HS977236)141 bpserine/threonine kinase proteinZ. mays64%
 SUC14 (HS977237)275 bpF-box domain containing proteinO. sativa59%
 SUC26 (HS977238)436 bptetratricopeptide repeat domain proteinM. marina23%
 SUC27 (HS977239)437 bptetratricopeptide repeat domain proteinM. marina24%
 SUC36 (HS977240)270 bpserine/threonine kinase proteinZ. mays49%

Nucleic acid metabolization (Four)
 SUC12 (HS977241)363 bpputative reverse transcriptaseO. sativa70%
 SUC23 (HS977242)365 bpputative reverse transcriptaseO. sativa69%
 SUC25 (HS977243)169 bpputative SAM-dependent methyltransferaseW. pipientis35%
 SUC29 (HS977244)364 bpputative reverse transcriptaseO. sativa70%

Transcription (Five)
 SUC09 (HS977245)308 bpbZIP transcription factorG. max32%
 SUC11 (HS977246)266 bppromoter-binding-like proteinO. sativa66%
 SUC35 (HS977247)312 bpRNA recognition motif family proteinO. sativa45%
 SUC37 (HS977248)206 bpmaturase KA. scandens31%
 SUC40 (HS977249)142 bpputative ternary complex factorA. majus63%

Protein synthesis and modulation (Three)
 SUC06 (HS977250)317 bpribosomal proteinZ. mays73%
 SUC16 (HS977251)214 bppentatricopeptide repeat-containing proteinA. thaliana26%
 SUC34 (HS977252)312 bptranslation elongation factorN. paludosum40%

Unknown (Nine)
 SUC03 (HS977226)220 bpunknown protein (AT2G32240)A. thaliana53%
 SUC04 (HS977258) 203 bphypothetical protein PCO123869Z. mays80%
 SUC05 (HS977259) 149 bpunknown proteinS. officinarum96%
 SUC08 (HS977253)217 bphypothetical proteinO. sativa81%
 SUC17 (HS977254)404 bphypothetical proteinC. immitis37%
 SUC18 (HS977255)190 bphypothetical proteinO. sativa83%
 SUC19 (HS977256)211 bphypothetical proteinD. vulgaris39%
 SUC32 (HS977260) 255 bphypothetical proteinZ. mays86%
 SUC33 (HS977257)291 bphypothetical proteinO. sativa45%