Genome-Wide Analysis of NBS-Encoding Disease Resistance Genes in Maize Inbred Line B73

Although there are a number of bioinformatic tools to identify plant nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) disease resistance genes based on conserved protein sequences, only a few of these tools have attempted to identify disease resistance genes that have not been annotated in the genome. The overall goal of the NLGenomeSweeper pipeline is to annotate NLR disease resistance genes, including RPW8, in the genome assembly with high specificity and a focus on complete functional genes. This is based on the identification of the complete NB-ARC domain, the most conserved domain of NLR genes, using the BLAST suite. In this way, the tool has a high specificity for complete genes and relatively intact pseudogenes. The tool returns all candidate NLR gene locations as well as InterProScan ORF and domain annotations for manual curation of the gene structure.

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The Arabidopsis RPS4 bacterial-resistance gene is a member of the TIR-NBS-LRR family of disease-resistance genes

The Plant Journal ◽

10.1046/j.1365-313x.1999.t01-1-00600.x ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 265-277 ◽

Cited By ~ 224

Author(s):

Walter Gassmann ◽

Matthew E. Hinsch ◽

Brian J. Staskawicz

Keyword(s):

Disease Resistance ◽

Resistance Gene ◽

Resistance Genes ◽

Bacterial Resistance ◽

Disease Resistance Genes

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Comparative Mapping of Three Bacterial, Three Fungal, and One Virus Disease-resistance Genes in Common Bean

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci.33.3.547a ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 547a-547

Author(s):

Geunhwa Jung ◽

James Nienhuis ◽

Dermot P. Coyne ◽

H.M. Ariyarathne

Keyword(s):

Disease Resistance ◽

Common Bean ◽

Pseudomonas Syringae ◽

Resistance Genes ◽

Fungal Pathogens ◽

Xanthomonas Campestris ◽

Virus Disease ◽

Disease Resistance Genes ◽

Brown Spot ◽

Viral Pathogen

Common bacterial blight (CBB), bacterial brown spot (BBS), and halo blight (HB), incited by the bacterial pathogens Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli (Smith) Dye, Pseodomonas syringae pv. syringa, and Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola, respectively are important diseases of common bean. In addition three fungal pathogens, web blight (WB) Thanatephorus cucumeris, rust Uromyces appendiculatus, and white mold (WM) Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, are also destructive diseases attacking common bean. Bean common mosaic virus is also one of most major virus disease. Resistance genes (QTLs and major genes) to three bacterial (CBB, BBS, and HB), three fungal (WB, rust, and WM), and one viral pathogen (BCMV) were previously mapped in two common bean populations (BAC 6 × HT 7719 and Belneb RR-1 × A55). The objective of this research was to use an integrated RAPD map of the two populations to compare the positions and effect of resistance QTL in common bean. Results indicate that two chromosomal regions associated with QTL for CBB resistance mapped in both populations. The same chromosomal regions associated with QTL for disease resistance to different pathogens or same pathogens were detected in the integrated population.

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Identification of Three Putative Signal Transduction Genes Involved in R Gene-Specified Disease Resistance in Arabidopsis

Genetics ◽

10.1093/genetics/152.1.401 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 152 (1) ◽

pp. 401-412 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Randall F Warren ◽

Peter M Merritt ◽

Eric Holub ◽

Roger W Innes

Keyword(s):

Disease Resistance ◽

Pseudomonas Syringae ◽

Resistance Genes ◽

Virulent Strain ◽

Disease Resistance Genes ◽

Avirulence Gene ◽

Detectable Effect ◽

Disease Resistance Gene ◽

Protein Functions ◽

Signal Transduction Genes

Abstract The RPS5 disease resistance gene of Arabidopsis mediates recognition of Pseudomonas syringae strains that possess the avirulence gene avrPphB. By screening for loss of RPS5-specified resistance, we identified five pbs (avrPphB susceptible) mutants that represent three different genes. Mutations in PBS1 completely blocked RPS5-mediated resistance, but had little to no effect on resistance specified by other disease resistance genes, suggesting that PBS1 facilitates recognition of the avrPphB protein. The pbs2 mutation dramatically reduced resistance mediated by the RPS5 and RPM1 resistance genes, but had no detectable effect on resistance mediated by RPS4 and had an intermediate effect on RPS2-mediated resistance. The pbs2 mutation also had varying effects on resistance mediated by seven different RPP (recognition of Peronospora parasitica) genes. These data indicate that the PBS2 protein functions in a pathway that is important only to a subset of disease-resistance genes. The pbs3 mutation partially suppressed all four P. syringae-resistance genes (RPS5, RPM1, RPS2, and RPS4), and it had weak-to-intermediate effects on the RPP genes. In addition, the pbs3 mutant allowed higher bacterial growth in response to a virulent strain of P. syringae, indicating that the PBS3 gene product functions in a pathway involved in restricting the spread of both virulent and avirulent pathogens. The pbs mutations are recessive and have been mapped to chromosomes I (pbs2) and V (pbs1 and pbs3).

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