Stage-specific gene expression during urediniospore germination in Puccinia striiformis f. sp tritici

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Major functional categories of P. striiformis ESTs from the germinated urediniospore library.

Functional category	No. of EST^a
Cell division and chromosome structure	46
Cell signal and communication	75
Cell structure and growth
Cytoskeletal	13
growth sporulation	409
Metabolism
Amino Acid	49
TCA cycle/Oxidative Phosphorylation/Electron Transport	70
Lipid/Fatty Acid	16
Carbon Metabolism	70
Plant Cell Degradation	79
Transport	46
Other metabolism	15
Cell/Organism defense
Detoxification	72
DNA repair	2
Stress response	33
Protein biosynthesis
ribosomal protein	861
translation factors	5
tRNA synthesis	3
protein turnover	13
post-translation modification/trafficking	24
RNA synthesis
RNA polymerases	3
transcription regulation	13
RNA processing	42
Transposon	2
Unclassified	2837

^a The original EST number and best hit were listed in Additional file 4 [see Additional file 4].

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