Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK)-regulated genes with predicted signal peptides function in the Glycine max defense response to the root pathogenic nematode Heterodera glycines

• Prakash M. Niraula,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M University, Weslaco, TX, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America

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• Keshav Sharma,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Current address: USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America

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• Brant T. McNeece,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Current address: USDA-ARS, Soybean & Nitrogen Fixation Unit, Raleigh, NC, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America

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• Hallie A. Troell,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America

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• Omar Darwish,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Texas Women’s University, Denton, TX, United States of America

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• Nadim W. Alkharouf,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD, United States of America

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• Katherine S. Lawrence,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States of America

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• Vincent P. Klink

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: heartwood27@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America, Center for Computational Sciences High Performance Computing Collaboratory, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7167-4032

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