Plant & Animal Genomes XI Conference

January 11-15, 2003
Town & Country Convention Center
San Diego, CA

Poster: Genome Sequencing & ESTs
            

CONSTRUCTION OF CDNA LIBRARY AND ANALYSES OF EST'S FROM SEEDLING ROOTS OF Pinus sylvestris (SCOTS PINE)

Department of Forest Mycology & Pathology, Swedish, University of Agriculture, S-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.

Expressed sequence Tag (EST) approach was applied to clone cDNAs representing genes that expressed in developing tissues of seedling roots of Scots pine. Blast X sequence analyses of these ESTs led to identifification of several kinds of genes such as those involved in signal transduction, disease resistance, developmental processes, metabolism and other cellular functions. The possible roles of these gene products during root development and interaction with necrotrophic parasites will be discussed.