Research Article

A Solanum lycopersicum × Solanum pimpinellifolium Linkage Map of Tomato Displaying Genomic Locations of R-Genes, RGAs, and Candidate Resistance/Defense-Response ESTs

Table 2

Oligonucleotide primers designed based on the conserved amino acid sequences within the LRR, NBS, and Pto protein domains encoded by various R-genes.

Group Primers Sequences (5-3) Design basis References

LRR CLRR for TTTTCGTGTTCAACGACG LRR domain of the tomato Cf-9 gene conferring resistance to Cladosporium fulvum [30]
CLRR revTAACGTCTATCGACTTCT
NLRR for TAGGGCCTCTTGCATCGT LRR domain of the tobacco N gene conferring resistance to TMV
NLRR revTATAAAAAGTGCCGGACT
RLRR for CGCAACCACTAGAGTAAC LRR domain in the RPS2 gene conferring resistance to Pseudomonas syringae in Arabidopsis
RLRR revACACTGGTCCATGAGGTT
XLRR for CCGTTGGACAGGAAGGAGLRR domain of the rice Xa21 gene conferring resistance to Xanthomonas campestris pv oryzae
XLRR revCCCATAGACCGGACTGTT

ANo. 2 TATAGCGGCCGCIARIGCIARIGGIARNCC Conserved P-loop and hydrophobic NBS regions of the N and RPS2 genes from tobacco and Arabidopsis respectively [29]
ANo. 3ATATGCGGCCGCGGIGGIGTIGGIAARACNAC
NBS S1GGTGGGGTTGGGAAGACAACGHydrophobic domain and P-loop of conserved NBSs from the N and RPS2 genes from Arabidopsis and the L6 gene from flax conferring resistance to rust [18, 31]
S2GGIGGIGTIGGIAAIACIAC
AS1CAACGCTAGTGGCAATCC
AS3IAGIGCIAGIGGIAGICC

Ptokin1 GCATTGGAACAAGGTGAA Serine/threonine protein kinase domain of the Pto gene conferring resistance to the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato in tomato [30]
Ptokin2AGGGGGACCACCACGTAG
Ptokin3 TAGTTCGGACGTTTACAT
PtoKin Ptokin4AGTGTCTTGTAGGGTATC
RLK forGAYGTNAARCCIGARAASerine/threonine kinase sequence subdomains of the wheat Lr10 gene conferring resistance to Puccinia recondita [20]
RLK rev TCYGGYGCRATRTANCCNGGITGICC

Code for mixed bases: D  =  A/G/T; I  =  Inosine; N  =  A/G/C/T; R  =  A/G; Y  =  C/T.