Table 1.

Expression of defensin genes in syncytia and control root segments.

ID	Gene	Control	Syncytium (5 + 15 dpi)	Control vs syncytium	q-value
At1G75830	Pdf1.1	2.7	2.8	0.2	0.33
At5G44420	Pdf1.2a	2.5	3.0	0.5a	0.00
At2G26020	Pdf1.2b	3.2	3.1	−0.1	0.49
At1G19610	Pdf1.4	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.89
At2G02120	Pdf2.1	3.3	11.0	7.7a	8.99E + 04
At2G02100	Pdf2.2	11.1	13.2	2.0a	0.00
At2G02130	Pdf2.3	12.2	12.4	0.2	0.33
At1G61070	Pdf2.4	3.9	3.9	0.0	0.89
At5G63660	Pdf2.5	3.2	2.3	−0.9	0.00
At2G02140	Pdf2.6	3.4	3.4	0.0	0.89

Data for microaspirated syncytia at 5 dpi and 15 dpi were combined and compared with control roots (elongation zone without root tip was used as control). All expression values have been normalized and are on a log₂ scale (third and fourth column) and the differences (fold changes) between the pairwise samples displayed (fifth column) are accordingly normalized log₂ ratios (see Methods section for details). q-values indicate significance after correction for multiple testing controlling the False Discovery Rate.

^aIndicates significant up- or downregulation (false discovery rate < 5%).