Figure 3.

Gene expressions of candidate proteins by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. (a) Lesion-mimic phenotypes of spl5 mutants. WT (control), the leaf blades of WT; NL, FL and ML indicate no lesion, few lesions, and many lesions, respectively, in the leaf blades of spl5 mutant. Arrows indicate leaf lesions in spl5 mutant. (b) Semi-quantitative RT-PCR of 14-proteins’ genes in WT leaves and leaf parts with different lesions of spl5 mutant. The protein ID numbers are listed in the left of images, and the corresponding gene names are listed in the right of images. The Actin was used as a reference gene.