Comparative transcriptome analysis of a lowly virulent strain of Erwinia amylovora in shoots of two apple cultivars – susceptible and resistant to fire blight

Table 1 Number of differentially expressed genes between experimental combinations

	650-bact	I-24 h	I-6d	FR-24 h	FR-6d
650-bact	–	1057 ↑ 922 ↓	1063 ↑ 1014 ↓	1020 ↑ 817↓	1053 ↑ 1086 ↓
I-24 h	922 ↑ 1057 ↓	–	519 ↑ 494 ↓	142 ↑ 150 ↓	na
I-6d	1014 ↑ 1063 ↓	494 ↑ 519 ↓	–	na	6 ↑ 4 ↓
FR-24 h	817 ↑ 1020 ↓	150 ↑ 142 ↓	na	–	572 ↑ 510 ↓
FR-6d	1086 ↑ 1053 ↓	na	4 ↑ 6 ↓	510 ↑ 572 ↓	–

650 – E. amylovora strain used in the study; bact – RNA isolated from pure bacterial culture; I – Idared; FR – Free Redstar; 24 h – sample collected 24 h after inoculation; 6d - sample collected 6 days after inoculation; na – not analysed
↑ - up-regulated and ↓- down-regulated genes of the samples listed in the first row in relation to the samples listed in the first column

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