Abstract :
[en] Late blight of potato, caused by Phytophthora infestans was studied by using a resistant clone of potato on one side and a susceptible clone on the other side. A gene coding putatively for an alpha-galactosidase has been isolated by mRNA reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction differential display and was shown to be differentially expressed between the resistant and the susceptible clone. alpha-Galactosidases catalyse the hydrolysis of alpha-1,6 linked alpha-galactose residues from oligosaccharides and it could be shown in the present work that raffinose content decreases at 30 h after infection by P. infestans in the resistant clone.
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