Table 4.
Defense-genes up- and down-regulated in sweet orange in response to CHI-treatment ( P < 0.01)
| CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gene ID | Gene name/function | RNA-seq † | qRT-PCR † |
| AT5G60450 | ARF4/auxin response factor 4 | −227.07** | NA‡ |
| AT3G12500 | HCHIB/basic chitinase | −226.22 | NA |
| AT5G62000 | ARF2/auxin response factor 2 | −182.94 | −1.81 |
| AT3G61415 | EBF1 - protein binding/ubiquitin-protein ligase | −134,34 | −1,36 |
| AT2G25490 | SK21/SKP1-like 21-SCF ubiquitin ligase complex | −135.59 | −2.56 |
| AT5G17420 | Cellulose synthase | −160.14 | −1.67 |
| AT2G02560 | CAND1/cullin-associated and neddylation dissociated | −198.86 | NA |
| AT5G49330 | MYB111/myb domain protein 111 | 175.1 | NA |
| AT3G50740 | UDP-glucosyltransferase 72 E1 | 158.32 | NA |
| AT3G11480 | BSMT1/S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferases superfamily protein | 158.09 | NA |
| AT4G13400 | 2-oxoglutarate (2OG) and Fe(II)-dependent oxygenase superfamily protein | 153.90 | 1.31 |
| AT4G34050 | CCoAOMT1/S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferases superfamily protein | 111.50 | NA |
| AT2G28190 | CSD2/copper/zinc superoxide dismutase 2 | 104.85 | 1.30 |
†r = 0.96.
‡not assessed.
** = Important genes modulated by chitosan based on the transcript profiling and considering the study of Povero et al. [24].