PMID- 28917607 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180705 LR - 20180706 IS - 1872-8359 (Electronic) IS - 0167-7012 (Linking) VI - 142 DP - 2017 Nov TI - Selection of reliable reference genes for gene expression studies in Botrytis cinerea. PG - 71-75 LID - S0167-7012(17)30247-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.mimet.2017.09.006 [doi] AB - Botrytis cinerea is an important plant pathogen causing grey mold disease in a wide range of plant species. The aim of this study was to identify reliable reference genes that can be used for the analysis of relative gene expression in B. cinerea with quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR). Six commonly used housekeeping genes including actin (ACT), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), ubiquitin (UBQ), ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (UCE), alpha-tubulin (alpha-TUB) and beta-tubulin (beta-TUB) were selected to test their expression stabilities in B. cinerea treated with different concentration of oxalic acid (1, 5 and 10mM) and confronted with antagonistic Trichoderma afroharzianum. Four in silico algorithms (geNorm, BestKeeper, NormFinder and Comparative DeltaCt) were applied to evaluate the expression stabilities of these genes, and the UBQ gene was identified as the most stably expressed. It was used to normalize the expression levels of three genes related to oxalic acid production (NADPH, VEL1 and OAH) when B. cinerea was challenged by T. afroharzianum. The results of this study are useful for gene expression analysis in B. cinerea. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Ren, He AU - Ren H AD - College of Life Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Ecology Institute, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan 250014, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wu, Xiaoqing AU - Wu X AD - Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Ecology Institute, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan 250014, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Lyu, Yuping AU - Lyu Y AD - College of Life Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Ecology Institute, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan 250014, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhou, Hongzi AU - Zhou H AD - Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Ecology Institute, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan 250014, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Xie, Xueying AU - Xie X AD - Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Ecology Institute, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan 250014, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Xinjian AU - Zhang X AD - Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Ecology Institute, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan 250014, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: zhangxj@sdas.org. FAU - Yang, Hetong AU - Yang H AD - Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Ecology Institute, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan 250014, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20170914 PL - Netherlands TA - J Microbiol Methods JT - Journal of microbiological methods JID - 8306883 RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Tubulin) RN - 0 (Ubiquitin) RN - 53-59-8 (NADP) RN - 9E7R5L6H31 (Oxalic Acid) RN - EC 1.2.1.- (Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases) RN - EC 2.3.2.23 (Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes) RN - EC 3.- (Hydrolases) SB - IM MH - Actins/genetics MH - Botrytis/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal/genetics MH - Genes, Essential/*genetics MH - Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases/genetics MH - Hydrolases/genetics MH - NADP/genetics MH - Oxalic Acid/*metabolism MH - Plant Diseases/microbiology MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Trichoderma/metabolism MH - Tubulin/genetics MH - Ubiquitin/genetics MH - Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes/genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - Botrytis cinerea OT - Gene expression OT - Reference gene OT - Trichoderma afroharzianum EDAT- 2017/09/18 06:00 MHDA- 2018/07/06 06:00 CRDT- 2017/09/18 06:00 PHST- 2017/04/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/08/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/09/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/09/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/07/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/09/18 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0167-7012(17)30247-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.mimet.2017.09.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Microbiol Methods. 2017 Nov;142:71-75. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2017.09.006. Epub 2017 Sep 14.