Transcriptional profile of sweet orange in response to chitosan and salicylic acid

BMC Genomics

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].

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