RNA-Seq based transcriptome profiling of a rice cultivar after infection of a wild and mutant strains of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

The main objective of this study was to retrieve the differentially expressed genes in a rice cultivar, CBB23, after infection of wild and mutant strains of Xoo. Actually, CBB23 cultivar has Xa23 gene, which is a broad spectrum resistance gene against all naturally occurring biotypes of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo). PXO99A is a naturally occurring biotype of Xoo, and mutant strain, P99M2, is an AvrXa23 disrupted mutant of PXO99A.