A Small Secreted Virulence-Related Protein Is Essential for the Necrotrophic Interactions of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum with Its Host Plants
Fig 5
Gene expression analysis of SsSSVP1 in the wild-type strain Ep-1PNA367 during infection.
The relative expression of SsSSVP1 is significantly up-regulated during the early stages of infection in A. thaliana (Col-0) leaves (red columns) compared to that during vegetative growth on PDA (dark columns). The expression level at 0 hpi on PDA was set as 1.0. The expression levels of β-tubulin are used to normalize the expression levels of SsSSVP1 in different samples. Three independent replicates were performed. The bars represent the mean relative expression of SsSSVP1 ± the standard deviation of the mean.