Gene expression changes in Cenococcum geophilum-Pinus sylvestris ectomycorrhizal roots compared to Cenococcum geophilum free-living mycelium

Illumina HiSeq technology was used to generate mRNA profiles from Cenococcum geophilum ectomycorrhizal roots compared to free-living mycelium . Mycorrhizal roots were harvested after 3 months, pooled and used for RNA extraction. Reads of 2X100bp were generated and aligned to Cenococcum geophilum (http://genome.jgi.doe.gov/Cenge3/Cenge3.home.html) reference transcripts using CLC Genomics Workbench 6. Overall design: mRNA profiles from Cenococcum geophilum ectomycorrhizal roots and free-living mycelium were generated by paired-end (2x100bp) Illumina HiSeq2000 sequencing. Three biological replicates were sequenced for mycorrhizal and mycelium samples.