FIGURE 8.

Expression of fpr1 in F. oxysporum is up-regulated during growth in human blood and infection of mice. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR of cDNA extracted from the wild-type strain germinated 12 h in MM and then transferred for the indicated time periods (min) to MM or human blood (A) or from different organs of immunodepressed mice 3 days after inoculation with the indicated strains (B). Transcript levels of fpr1 are normalized to act1. Error bars represent mean ± S.E. from two independent infection experiments with three technical replicates each.